Scots fraudster who stole £7k 'designer vagina' spared jail after being caught with cocaine

mum has spoken of her heartache after she was forced to self-isolate from her newborn baby after testing positive for coronavirus in hospital.Mum Sarah McInnes was rushed into hospital after she began experiencing stomach pains just six weeks after giving birth to her baby boy Alexander.The 41-year-old was stunned when her GP diagnosed her with appendicitis last Wednesday and sent her to Ayr Hospital's A&E department where she was admitted.The Ayr mum was tested for coronavirus when she arrived

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.

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

'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

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.

stole their own grandparents’ life savings have hit out after they escaped jail - and dodged an order to pay back the money.Heartless Clair and Louise Smith, 25, posed as doting carers while swiping £8,000 from the bank account of their grandparents in Irvine, Ayrshire.The twins pleaded guilty to clearing out the cash while running errands for vulnerable Crawford Pirrie, 73, and wife Marlene, 75.Yesterday the twins were sentenced to a three-month tagging order - branded a “slap in the face” by

child abuse images - some featuring infants. Ryan David Anderson, a 39-year-old now former officer who had been based in the Scottish Borders, found himself in the dock after Cumbrian counterparts called at his Carlisle home on May 11.

jury how an ex-boyfriend drowned her pet parakeet in the kitchen sink. The woman, who can’t be identified, said she took her children to her mum's after she caught Paul Hill having sex with another woman in her bed.

war hero who is battling Motor Neurone Disease has said he has already got 'the best Christmas present' after travelling across the Atlantic for pioneering stem cell treatment. Stuart Carmichael, 40, has been fighting the debilitating disease for two years and and has seen his condition deteriorate during lockdown.

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.

raping a British holidaymaker and warned he faces up to six years in jail if convicted.Alasdair Euan Randalls, 26, from Aberdeen, is due to be tried next week for the alleged sex attack at party hotel Ibiza Rocks.Prosecutors have demanded a six-year sentence in an indictment submitted to judges ahead of trial.Randalls, who deejayed at Ibiza Rocks before being arrested and held on remand in prison for more than two months, is expected to protest his innocence in court on Wednesday.Prosecutors

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.

drugs from an evidence store has been jailed for more than three years. Katherine Vaughan, 34, of Aberdeen, worked as a production keeper for the Crown Office in the city when she embezzled more than £90,000 in cash and stole £147,000 of drugs - including kilos of heroin and cocaine - over nine years.

burlesque dancing.Kirsty Barr suffered years of violent attacks before summoning the courage to go to the police which ended in him being convicted.Now the mum from Alloa has reclaimed her life as one of Scotland’s most successful burlesque dancers.Kirsty dresses in silk basques, fishnet stockings and high heels to teach fellow abuse victims as well as performing live on stage.The former hair salon owner, who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after giving evidence against her abuser, is

cyclist on a country road avoided a prison sentence. Barry McConnell was allowed to serve a community sentence for causing the fatal road accident.

hate campaign against social workers following a bitter split from his hero cop wife was caught with live bullets at his home.

Monitor lizard after she was stolen from her enclosure in Fife.The nine-year-old, named Angie, was last seen at the Wild Things Plants and Exotics shop in Methil on Sunday, November 8.But when a volunteer went in to check on the reptile and her breeding partner Gus the following day, they were shocked to discover she had vanished.After scouring the shop and nearby area, the 4.5ft lizard’s owner was forced to call in the police as fears she had been snatched grew.A cash reward is now being

mum is pleading with doctors to 'cut her leg off' after a c-section to deliver her premature baby left her with agonising blood clots. Irene Miller had to have an emergency c-section when she went into early labour with her baby son Lenny, on October 24.

rape claim has demanded justice.The holidaymaker says she was attacked by a hotel worker in Famagusta, Cyprus.However, officers failed to act on a statement she gave them about the alleged assault.The childcare worker has told how she has been left “shocked” and “frustrated” by the police force’s claims she did not make a formal complaint.The 18-year-old, who lives in Midlothian, contacted Police Scotland in the hope that they could investigate.They have passed evidence and statements to their