Scots Crown Office worker embezzled £90,000 and stole £147k of drugs from evidence store

music industry has been found dead at his home.Ewan Macleod, a DJ who helped launch a hit radio venture backed by Rangers legend Ally McCoist, died suddenly in Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, on Thursday.Figures from the industry were yesterday mourning the loss of the 48-year-old, saying his life’s goal had been to “put Scotland on the map” for its music.The former London talent scout moved back to Glasgow to present STV’s Chart Bite music programme in the mid-90s.He went on to become a music

Chistmas presents from under the tree of a Lanarkshire home before making off in the family's car. The callous criminals hit the home on Hamilton Road in Larkhall on Thursday morning.

caught out by the trail of prints he left on the freshly varnished bar. Daniel Sweeney also admitted spitting on a police officer and he was ordered to carry out 120 hours unpaid work in the community today.

sex attacks on two female officers. Married Austin Barrett was placed under social work supervision and on the Sex Offenders Register for a year yesterday as his 19-year police career ended in disgrace.

Edinburgh woman was left £24,000 in debt after her husband was forced back to Africa. Margaret Locke was horrified after the partner was refused his right to remain leaving her to tackle her financial hell solo.

parents still have time to make Christmas 2020 extra special for their little ones. Live Entertainment company, Underbelly have teamed up with Mr and Mrs Claus to bring the magic of Santa ’s Official Grotto online this year.

drug dealers have been jailed for seven and a half years after being targeted by cops in a covert operation. Gavin Kirkaldy, 30, from Dunfermline, and Ian Smith, 51, from Liverpool, were watched by officers swapping a bag containing two kilograms of high purity cocaine in a pub car park in East Kilbride on November 6 last year.

Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll has denied there was a 'row' which caused Scottish co-star Gary Hollywood to leave the popular show. The Irish star, 41, quashed rumours that the actor, who played gay hairdresser Dino Doyle, had quit the role over a pay dispute.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.This is the moment a gang made off with eight hot tubs worth £40,000 in a brazen raid captured on CCTV.Three men spent 90 minutes loading two flatbed trucks with the haul from the Advanced Hot Tubs and Swim Spas yard in Macmerry, East Lothian.A forklift truck taken from a building firm next door was used to pack aboard the hot tubs, which weigh 450kg each.The crooks - described as “very professional” - even

crime in just one year.Prosecutors used confiscation orders to grab assets and dirty money in more than 200 cases across the country – seizing almost £500,000 more than the year before.The biggest payback orders were handed to two members of what was described as Scotland’s “most sophisticated” criminal gang.Gangland figures Anthony Woods, 45, and Francis Mulligan, 43, who were jailed at the High Court in Glasgow in January 2018 after admitting multiple charges linked to serious organised crime,

'scumbag' thief who robbed a Christmas present from the doorstep of a Scots home has been caught on camera.Shocking video footage shows the heartless grinch brazenly walk up to the front door of the residential home in Lasswade, Midlothian.The hooded criminal then snatches the box from the door and walks off out of the garden.But they have been caught on camera and now raging family members are wanting the person 'named and shamed'.Gary McCormack said the raid had happened at his mum's house and

fraudsters were jailed for a £45,000 VAT scam which saw them submitting fake invoices.Company boss David Paterson and accountant Kevin Sinclair were locked up at Dundee Sheriff Court on Thursday.Paterson, 56, was jailed for two years and nine months, while Sinclair, 67, was sentenced to one year and nine months behind bars.The pair colluded to dupe the taxman by reclaiming VAT they were not entitled to.Sinclair, who ran finance firm GD Accounting, submitted bogus invoices for a company owned by

hilarious moment a cocky Scots Grandad crashes into a stream after betting £10 he could clear the water. Kimberly Soutar filmed her dad Ian’s attempt to jump the water while out for a walk in Monikie Country Park in Angus.

injections were offered in almost all regions, while Shetland and the Western Isles residents will get them this week. Sturgeon announced the progress as another 50 people died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.

coronavirus scams being used by fraudsters across the country. Both the Test and Protect scheme and the support fund for self-isolation have been used by criminals trying to steal people’s personal information, according to evidence collected by Trading Standards Scotland.

police officer narrowly escaped serious injury after a knife-wielding man attempted to stab him with a blade. Cops were sent to a property on Abbey Park Avenue in St Andrews, Fife, at around 1.50pm on Tuesday, December 8.

coronavirus should be ‘completely confident’ about receiving the vaccine, a medical chief has said. Chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) June Raine has urged everyone who is eligible to get the jag when it’s available to them.

arrested and charged after £80,000 worth of designer gear was allegedly stolen from a Scots clothes shop. Photos showed empty racks and hangers strewn across the floor after the raid at the high end Overhype store on Aberdeen's Green on Monday.

Cops have uncovered a drug s stash worth up to £1million in an abandoned bingo hall in Inverclyde. A c annabis cultivation worth an estimated street value of £600K to £1million was seized from the scene.

thieves smashed their way into a Scots high-end clothes shop and cleared it out of £80,000 worth of designer gear. Photos of the aftermath of last night’s raid at Overhype in Aberdeen show the front door prised open and empty clothes hangers strewn across the floor.