The Queen's cousin jailed for 10 months after sex attack on victim at Queen Mother's childhood home

Greenock sparking a police investigation.The victim was in Ann Street in the Inverclyde town at around 3.30pm on Monday, March 8 when another man, wearing dark clothing, assaulted him from behind.He then made off towards nearby Regent Street.The victim, aged 38, was assisted by two members of the public at the scene.He was rushed to hospital where he received stitches to his head.The man was later discharged by medics.Police are scouring CCTV footage and making door-to-door enquiries to help

supermarket customers have been warned over two popular product ranges after The Food Standards Agency (FSA) put a food recall alert. The recall comes after salmonella and pieces of blue rubber were discovered in certain products on sale in supermarkets across Scotland, according to Glasgow Live.

attacking his wife has been hit with a tougher sentence after a campaign for justice by his victim.Keida MacKenzie said she hopes the appeal victory against ex John Donnelly will give other victims strength to challenge unduly lenient sentences for abusers.She said: “I need people out there suffering domestic abuse to know there is hope.

policeman accused of a six-year campaign of domestic abuse was "very composed" when colleagues investigating him found his girlfriend distraught and injured, a court has heard.Police Constable Fraser Ross, 41, is alleged to have assaulted and abused former partner Anne-Marie Hirdman, 41, on a number of occasions between 2013 and 2019.Ross - whose address is given on court papers as care of Police Scotland Professional Standards department - denies assaulting Miss Hirdman on three separate

guilty of failing to keep a proper lookout.David Marr was in charge of the Vertrouwen trawler when it passed dangerously close to the James 2 in the early hours of August 6, 2017.The 54-year-old would have been able to see the lights on the small fishing vessel for six minutes before the accident if he had been paying attention, prosecutors said.Evidence also showed that Marr, from Peterhead, appeared to have been sending a Whatsapp message to a pal and using the ship’s laptop computer around

Gary McAllister and knocking out his tooth.On March 24, 2019, the former Leeds United manager and player was in Leeds City Centre drinking with his wife and a friend when he was attacked and punched in the face by Damien Swan.The incident occurred around 4.20am on Call Lane as the ex-Scotland international tried to flag down a taxi, Leeds Crown Court heard.Leeds Live reports that Swan, 34, also set his dogs on volunteers renovating a Sikh temple at a later date.Prosecutor Graham O'Sullivan said

hospital treatment.The 35-year-old victim was discovered injured on Thorny Crook Gardens in Dalkeith yesterday.Cops were called to the scene at 2:05pm and arrived forty minutes later.The man was then rushed to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment.Police are now trying to piece together the events which led to the attack, which they do not believe occurred at the location he was found in.A Police Scotland statement reads: "Detectives are continuing enquiries after a man was seriously

stabbing a young dad in the back 11 times with such force that the blade snapped off.Callum Andrews carried out the brutal killing of Terry Smith at a Motherwell house party in the early hours of August 13, 2019.The High Court in Glasgow was told that the incident was sparked after the 30-year-old victim began winding up another man, Connor Doherty, about the t-shirt he was wearing.Andrews, 22, grabbed a blade from the kitchen and attacked Terry while 20-year-old Doherty smashed him over the

attack in Perth. A shocked neighbour told of seeing her lying “in heap on the floor”.

Facebook users to treat their mums to sex toys for Mother's Day.Stunned retired prison officer Andrew Whiting, from Fife, was scrolling through his news feed when he had to 'do a double-take' at the Boots ad, which featured four colourful vibrators of various shapes and sizes below the slogan 'for every kind of mum'.The 53-year-old says while he found the campaign extremely inappropriate, he couldn't help but laugh at the racy marketing fail.Boots apologised for any 'offence caused' and

child abuse.Porn addict Robert McNab, who created fake identities to target people on Facebook and WhatsApp, was jailed for two years when he appeared in the dock at Greenock Sheriff Court on Friday.The twisted 34-year-old, who began downloading the animal abuse images the day he was released from prison, was also told he will be ­monitored in the community for 12 months after his release from prison.The paedophile, who was previously convicted of abusing a young girl and conspiring to have a

Police have launched a manhunt for thugs who attacked a Scots man in a house before torching a car outside.At around 9.25pm on Thursday, March 4, two men entered a property on Ettrick Street in Wishaw before seriously assaulted a 34-year-old.The pair then deliberately torched to a vehicle outside of the property in a wilful fire.The victim sustained serious injures and was taken to Wishaw General Hospital and the fire was extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.Enquiries carried out

George Bowie has drafted in the police after his Twitter account was hijacked by trolls posting sectarian messages.The Clyde 1 DJ took to Instagram to update his followers after a flurry of offensive messages were sent out from his Twitter account in the early hours of yesterday morning, and says that he still hadn't regained access to it.Despite the technical hitch, Georgie Boy said he will still be able to take 'shout outs' for tonight's show on his other social media platforms.In his post, he

jailed for three years and four months.William Trainor, 29, burst into his victim’s home in Gretna in the early hours of March 15, 2019.Trainor, also of Gretna, was convicted of assaulting the woman with intent to rape her in January 2020.He was also convicted of possessing a handgun and sentence had been deferred to the High Court in Edinburgh for the court to obtain reports about his character.On Wednesday, judge Alison Stirling told Trainor that the offence was so serious there was no

stalking campaign and threatened to stab her boyfriend has been locked up.Scott McKinney, 33, hounded his ex Danielle Leitch with abusive rants via text, phone calls and social media posts, which left her scared and frightened.Jealous McKinney, who has a child with Ms Leitch, showed up at her home in Paisley’s Gallowhill uninvited, shouted, swore and banged on her window after she started seeing another man.The town’s sheriff court heard jealous McKinney also threatened “to plug” her new

Snapchat pictures of a 12-year-old girl in school uniform has been jailed.James Stephen, 23, also sent sexual messages and explicit images to the girl, and asked her to send him naked pictures and sexual videos, a court heard.Fiscal depute Colin Neilson told Aberdeen Sheriff Court police officers from the offender management unit carried out a visit at Stephen's address at 7.15pm on January 6, 2020, and inspected his mobile phone.The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront

hospitalised with serious facial injuries after being jumped by a gang in Livingston.The 23-year-old victim was robbed and brutally assaulted yesterday in the town by five men.He had been walking on a path behind Fulmar Brae in Ladywell between 5 and 6pm when he was confronted.He was taken to St John’s Hospital, Livingston where he was treated for serious injuries, before being discharged.One of the attackers was wearing grey jogging bottoms and a bright yellow jumper, another had a black Stone

financial support for the costs of a loved ones funeral.  The Funeral Support Payment can be used towards the funeral costs for a baby, child or adult in Scotland, this also includes babies who were stillborn. Last year, Social Security Scotland confirmed those eligible for financial support are receiving an average of £1,593 to help towards the costs of a burial or cremation, including expenses such as travel and flowers.

coronavirus pandemic has lost her fight for life.Karen Henderson put her health worries aside to wed her long-term partner Alistair during a moving ceremony in the couple’s Midlothian garden last July.The 48-year-old was initially diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer and the faulty BRCA1 gene in May 2016.The mum-of-one then developed secondary breast cancer in September 2018 but continued tirelessly raising funds to help others.She teamed up with charity founder Lisa Flemming of Make