Teenager in court in connection with attempted murder in Dumbarton

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A 24-year-old man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder, facing accusations that he followed a nine-year-old boy down the street and allegedly stabbed him repeatedly.Faisal Khan, 24, of Almond Road, Dogsthorpe, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court today, Monday.Khan was not asked to enter pleas to the charges of attempted murder and

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A 49-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an alleged murder bid in Renfrew.Two men and a woman were forced to flee their home in Western Park Gate after it was allegedly set alight in the early hours of Sunday morning.Police, who are treating the incident as attempted murder, confirmed a man had been arrested and is set to be quizzed over

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Two armed thugs butchered a man with a cleaver and a knife in a Paisley robbery as a 14-year-old girl hid in a cupboard.Grant McNamara, 28, and Martin Docherty, 27, chased victim Dale Mitchell into a flat in the town’s Broomlands Street, where they stabbed and slashed him in a frenzied attack.Paisley Sheriff Court heard when McNamara and Docherty

set on fire. The blaze started at around 3.10am at the house in Renfrew's Western Park Gate.

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knifed her in the back - leaving her in a pool of blood at their holiday home almost four years ago.But after several delays she now can’t afford to quarantine under Covid rules if she returns to Scotland and if she does return may be barred entry back into Spain - which could jeopardise the trial.The 60-year-old, from East Kilbride, said she is a victim of crime but is being treated like a prisoner.She said: “I didn’t come to Spain to build sand castles.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Labour’s Jackie Baillie has retained the Dumbarton seat, INCREASING her share of the vote.The deputy leader of Scottish Labour, who has held the seat since the Scottish Parliament’s inception in 1999, defeated the SNP’s Toni Giugliano this evening.Baillie recorded 17,825 votes to the SNP’s 16,342.In her speech, Jackie said: "Can I thank the people of Dumbarton constituency."We had great conversations

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teenager has been charged in connection with the attempted murder of a man in West Dunbartonshire. We told how the 29-year-old victim was allegedly stabbed in the arms and chest in Dumbarton at around 10.20pm on Saturday, April 17.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Two men have appeared in court after cannabis worth almost £180,000 was seized by police in Haldane.Nghia Vu, 46, and Chi Ron Li, 20, appeared in private at Dumbarton Sheriff Court yesterday (Wednesday).They have both been charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act with producing a controlled drug.Officers executed a search warrant in Shandon Crescent on

hospital after he was found badly hurt on Clark Street in Stirling at around 8.30am on Tuesday, April 27.The man was taken to Forth Valley Royal Hospital where he was treated for serious but not life threatening injuries.An investigation was launched into the incident and police were asking witnesses to come forward.Officers have now confirmed that a 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the incident. Cops say a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.