Scots prisoner death in HMP Barlinnie to be probed by inquiry

died behind bars.Andrew McKinlay was ordered to serve a minimum of 15 years in prison for murdering mum-of-three Josephine Steele at her home in Glasgow. He left the 45-year-old with five deep stab wounds, several other cuts as well as defensive wounds during the brutal attack in October 2013.

Inverness shortly before 10pm on Saturday July 31. He threatened a staff member with a knife but they managed to repel him and he fled the shop, according to Police Scotland.

Dunfermline at around 5pm on Friday July 30. The disturbance involved two men and part of the street has been cordoned off.It has not yet been confirmed if there have been any injuries as a result.Enquiries into the nature of the circumstances remain ongoing.

brutally knifed Peter McElroy during the attack in Airdrie, Lanarkshire on April 12 last year. A passing taxi driver rushed to help the 45 year-old victim, but he tragically never survived.

cruel granddaughter swiped thousands of pounds from her gran. Deborah Jess cleaned out more than £4,000 from the account of Helen Loy, who has since passed away.

probe after shocking footage of men being 'brutally' battered in a Scots street.We told earlier today how the rammey in Bellshill, Lanarkshire had been caught on camera showing a man being repeatedly punched and kicked in the head as he lay helpless on the ground.Brutal pictures show punches and kicks raining down on the man on Hamilton Road near to the Bellmill Hotel.A woman tries to intervene and the man stands up and kicks his victim on the head before walking off.Four men and a woman can be

police treating the death as "unexplained." Emergency services rushed to the scene in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh at around 11.20am on Monday July 26. Officers confirmed that enquiries into the incident remain ongoing.

LGBT activist after his tragic death at 29. We told howThere has been an outpouring of grief for Liam Jone s who was the former chairman of Aberdeen Four Pillars - which supports people in the LGBT community in the Granite City - after his death this week.

West Lothian street. The 40-year-old female owner of the XL American Bulldog-type animal has also been reported to the Procurator Fiscal in connection with the incident.

prisoners claim the help of a mentoring agency as they prepare for freedom can be the difference between life and death. Scotland’s prison system spits out cons at the end of their sentences who are ill-prepared for life and who immediately turn back to a life of drug addiction as a way of coping.

tax details safe. Almost all of Scotland’s 7800 HMRC staff are working from home due to the pandemic and a new pay deal includes home working post- Covid too.

Fife has sparked a major police investigation. Officers were called to Whitehall Avenue in Cardenden, Lochgelly on Thursday evening.

waterfall. Emergency services were called to Bracklinn Falls in Callander shortly after 8pm on Thursday, July 15.

cops on an erratic 40-mile chase. Graham Ellis, 40, stole the 999 vehicle that had arrived to treat his pregnant girlfriend, a court heard.

scenic Scots river. Bosses at Calamity Kayaking in Paisley were so sick of the state of the River Cart that they used a massive line over a local bridge to pull out as much rubbish as they could.

Cops have launched an investigation into the assault, which happened at a taxi rank in the town centre. The incident occurred at around 10.45pm on Stirling Street, on Saturday, July 10.It's understood a 46-year-old was left with a serious facial injury after being punched.

Edinburgh when he heard a hissing sound coming from his shorts. Believing he accidentally turned the vape on, Alex plunged his right hand into his pocket to investigate, reports Edinburgh Live.

failed in a bid for freedom. Daniel Kerr was jailed for seven years in January for a sickening campaign of historical abuse against two young girls including his sister in law Tracey Callaghan, who died before she could see him face justice.