Thug caged after carrying out sex attack on Scots woman at gunpoint

puppy farmers. William and Maureen Mackenzie wanted to bring a dog into their home to love but have been devastated by the death of Jack Russell Sandy who died just days after they bought him.

knife the throat of a teenage Good Samaritan to steal his expensive mountain bike has been jailed. Gary Maxwell, 34, pretended to 17-year-old Mark Cooper that he needed to know when the next bus was due to arrive.

dogs on a Scots street. The animals set upon the 47-year-old in Woodside Crescent, Paisley around 5.45am on Thursday.

weapon. Luqman Khan, 18, was spotted openly carrying the golden handgun around Perth sparking a police raid on his home.

Glasgow on Tuesday morning. Cops are appealing for information following the incident around 10.25am in the Newlands Road area.

sex acts claimed it was "a bit of fun." Donald Griffin created dual personas on social media apps to groom the schoolgirl, first by pretending to be a 17-year-old boy called Lee and then posing as the boy's mother Susan.

puppy farmers who have brought misery to hundreds of Scots. The pair, understood to have based themselves in different rental flats to escape detection, are accused of taking huge sums from families for gravely ill puppies.

Lord Beckett told the brothers at the High Court in Edinburgh: “By deliberately striking the complainer with the car you could easily have killed him.“This was an extremely serious example of attempted murder.”Lord Beckett said the victim was left permanently scarred and impaired following the attack.He added: “In wicked hands such as yours, your sister’s car became a brutal weapon.”“For such an appalling crime, there is no suitable alternative to a substantial sentence of imprisonment in order

Police have confirmed that an unexploded bomb discovered in a garden in a Scots town has been safely removed from the area.Several homes in the Victoria Avenue area of Milnathort, near Kinross, had to be evacuated after the alarm was raised on Friday afternoon (March 12) and emergency services raced to the scene. A large cordon was put in place while a specialist bomb squad was brought in to examine the device and safely remove it overnight.

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

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

drunk thug dubbed Scotland's skint answer to Richard Burton has been caged for a savage attack which left his gun woman girlfriend with a triple ankle fracture. Gary Kinnon and Deborah Milligan have been described as a budget version of Burton and Elizabeth Taylor due to their drinking habits and tempestuous relationship - and lack of diamonds.

died in his arms just over six hours after he bought it. And heartbroken Richard Gray believes he and the tragic Border Collie called Bear were the victims of callous puppy farmers.

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

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

Edinburgh more than five years ago, according to Police Scotland.Detectives say advances in the investigation have revealed a full DNA profile for the person responsible.In the first attack, a 19-year-old woman was assaulted after she got off a bus in Lanark Road West shortly after midnight on Thursday August 27 2015, when a man approached her in the Newmills Road area and claimed he had a knife.He then led her to a nearby field, where she was raped.Prior to this, on Wednesday August 5 2015, a

Aberdeen.Emergency services raced to the scene on Pitmedden Road at around 4pm on Monday, March 1.Thick plumes of black smoke have filled the sky and can be seen from miles around, local reports claim.Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to our daily newsletter?We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest headlines every day.We also send coronavirus updates at 5pm on weekdays, and a round up of the week's must-read stories on Sunday

BBC primetime quiz show may have had its chips – after a disastrous drop in ratings. The potty-mouthed chef's Bank Balance first aired last Wednesday with 2.7million viewers tuning in but this figure slumped to 1.6million by Friday.BBC bosses have taken a huge gamble with the 10-part show, putting it on in the prime 9pm slot for three nights a week.

pensioner was robbed in broad daylight by a 'man carrying crutches' in a terrifying incident in Dundee this afternoon.Police are appealing for information after the 79-year-old man was robbed on Glenmoy Avenue between 12.10pm and 12.30pm on Sunday.The thug made off with a two-figure sum of money before he was seen walking down Glenmoy Avenue and Glenprosen Terrace after the incident.The man is described as being around 5ft 10 inches tall and of slim build.He was wearing wearing a black beanie