Sick Scots beast caged for 15 years over 'devastating' attacks on nine women and girls

Kilmarnock around 6pm on Sunday, August 29. A man and a woman were able to help the man after he was left with injuries but had left by the time the Police Scotland officers arrived.

Fire crews raced to Fife Zoo last month after flames and smoke were seen billowing from the visitor attraction - which had been open at the time. It came just over 12 months after the zoo was devastated by a separate blaze that had ripped through buildings after starting in the soft play area.

club in Wick, Caithness, around 2.00am on Sunday August 15. He was rushed to hospital for treatment to a serious wound above his eye.Police Scotland are now appealing for any members of the public who witnessed the assault to get in touch with them.

Glasgow City Council was blasted as "stupid" by the local authority - which accused a union of regularly missing meetings. Three binmen have been attacked by rats since the start of the year - on two occasions in Dennistoun in July, and in Drumchapel, in January.

probe has been launched after a hooded man attacked a woman on a Scots street. The 48-year-old woman was assaulted on Shanwell Road in Carnoustie, Angus around 9.45pm last night.

sex offender who dragged a woman off of the street and assaulted her has been warned he could be jailed again for keeping secrets from the authorities. Callous David Bell, 32, pounced on the woman, then 21, in Irvine, Ayrshire, after emerging from the shadows as she walked home from a train station.

bride has been branded 'rude' for not inviting her best friend to her wedding ceremony. A woman asked for advice on Mumsnet after her best pal asked her to attend her wedding in the Scottish Highlands - but uninvited her to the actual ceremony.

attacks are closely linked to the same venue. Chris Lessani’s home was gutted by fire after multi-millionaire Brendan Hegarty’s house was damaged in a blaze which was started deliberately.

Dumfries and Galloway while doing their job last weekend. Seven of the officers were injured in separate attacks across the region as they were punched, kicked and even spat on.

sex attacks on a brother and sister for nearly a decade has been caged. Alan Williams, 74, was described as "despicable" and "disgusting" by a sheriff before he was jailed for four years and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for the rest of his life.

Taliban to return to power. The double amputee, a former Black Watch soldier, was caught in an IED attack in 2010, which killed his Afghan interpreter outright.

puppy was hit by a car when she slipped out of her harness and bolted into the road. Moira Nimmo feared springer spaniel pup Bella might not survive after she sustained serious injuries in the horror incident.

a blaze broke out at Italian restaurant Trattoria Guidi in Airdrie. Six fire engines were called to the scene with over 20 firefighters battling the inferno through the night.

Scots highlands has announced he died 'with his boots on' and that she will 'miss him forever'.A massive search has been underway for 84-year-old John Smith who was last seen leaving the Crianlarich Hotel at 7.15am last Thursday.It was thought was intending to walk in the area of Crianlarich and Oban.His daughter Helen Bang said that John, who is known as Frank and is from Nottingham, is a seasoned climber who regularly does 12-mile walks and desperately appealed for help in finding him.But in a

assaulted by a man in a terrifying attack at a Scots beauty spot at the weekend. The 17-year-old was attacked by a man at Barcraigs Reservoir, near Johnstone, around 8pm on Saturday August 7.

Fire crews were called after the Sanctuary boss's house in Knightswood went on fire around 1am on Friday, August 6. Police have launched a probe after a vehicle was set alight at Lessani's garage, at the front of the property.

jailed yesterday for using a hidden camera to record up schoolgirls’ skirts. Robert Malaney then shared the illegal footage with other perverts across the globe.

Falkirk was struck by the vehicle on the M876 in the town at around 12:20am on Wednesday August, 4. The young dad was rushed to Forth Valley Royal Hospital by medics, but sadly he couldn't be saved and died a short time later.

Scots company for six years after £2.4 million went missing from their double glazing firm before it went bust. Gary Fieldman, 58, and his wife Hagit, 54, were directors of First For Windows Ltd, which traded as Dalmatian Windows, before it went out of business with the loss of dozens of jobs.