Thug former Scots squaddie spared jail after racking up sixth domestic abuse conviction

stun guns disguised as torches.He bought three weapons, marked “police”, online before telling cops he did not know they were illegal.Thomas Scott, 54, from Carnoustie, Angus, faces a minimum prison sentence of five years after pleading guilty at Dundee Sheriff Court to possessing the firearms.Scott’s solicitor revealed his client had bought the stun guns after believing he was under threat.“Paranoid delusions led him to believe he was at risk of home invasion and he purchased these items to

A man has been arrested after a bomb disposal team were called to the Queen's Edinburgh resident to look into a "suspicious item".The bomb squad made the item, which was sent to the Palace of Holyrood House, safe after they were called onto the scene on Tuesday. Police Scotland stated a 39 year old man has been placed under arrest in connection with the incident.

A woman involved in a drug dealing operation narrowly avoided a prison sentence this week.Police officers stopped a BMW in East Kilbride when it almost crashed into their vehicle after failing to give way.Inside the car they found more than £1000 in banknotes and a bag containing cannabis wraps.Amy Adams, 26, was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work when she appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court.She admitted being concerned in the supply of cannabis in Sydney Drive, East

appeal against his conviction for the murder. David Scott, 36, was jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 22 years before he can seek release on parole for assassinating Euan Johnston.

police officer accused of a six-year campaign of domestic abuse was recorded allegedly making threats to his former partner, a court has heard. PC Fraser Ross was heard saying he "f****** snapped" and "I’'ve done things I've never thought I would" at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday.

New Zealand at the beginning of the pandemic.Jaye Tremble has only spent two months in lockdown since the coronavirus outbreak last year.The 22-year-old, from Irvine, spent 2020 going to four festivals, nightclubs every weekend, and travelled the country in a campervan before getting a job at a kiwi farm on the other side of the world.But despite her freedom Jaye admitted she is really missing her family and getting a chinese takeaway.Now she has lifted the lid on what her life has been like

courts will have the ability to remove domestic abusers from the home they share with a partner after MSPs voted unanimously to pass further protections for victims. The Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill, allowed courts to implement domestic abuse protections orders (DAPO) which place restrictions on a person accused of domestic abuse.

sexual comments' at a young woman at a Scots bus stop.Cops say they are looking to trace the man after the 24-year-old woman had 'indecent' remarks shouted at her in Dundee.Around 7.20am on Tuesday, 9 March, the woman was walking along Balunie Avenue when a man who was at the bus stop, near to Baldovie Gardens, where he is said to have made the comments.The man is described as being white, around 5ft 10 of slim build and aged between 30 - 40 years old.He had a foreign accent, possibly eastern

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.

Aberdeen in a groundbreaking new policy.City councillors unanimously agreed to make it easier to move people who abused their partners or children from the family home in what is thought to be a first for Scotland.It is hoped the drive will mean fewer survivors of domestic abuse are left homeless from having to flee their houses as their cases are dealt with by police and courts.The number of people fleeing some form of domestic abuse in Aberdeen is higher compared with Scotland's average and it

paralysed from the waist down after falling backwards on a promenade wall is fundraising for a new "chariot".Rosie Sinclair has been a paraplegic after breaking her back when she fell off a wall at the popular Portobello Beach in Edinburgh in April last year.The 29-year-old University of Edinburgh student had been sitting on the wall and fell backwards when she twisted around to stand up.The sheer drop caused her to smash her back on cobblestones, causing injury to her spinal cord.Rosie had four

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

driver is facing jail over a £50,000 crash after he drove so dangerously his car flipped through the air and smashed into a shop.Imran Akmal, 32, left his brother with a fractured spine after driving at double the 30-miles-per-hour speed limit and ploughing into Ferry Nice Foods.The street where the crash happened - Ferry Road, Renfrew, near Glasgow - had to be closed while officers investigated the smash.And the shop itself had to be closed for 33 days due to damage to the building.Paisley

Scott Brown won't accept heading to Aberdeen for a bit-part role.The Celtic captain is wanted for a player-coach position by Stephen Glass, the favourite to take over from Derek McInnes at Pittodrie.Brown, 35, is out of contract at Parkhead come the end of the season and is yet to decide what his next steps will be.The former Scotland midfielder is understood to be considering Glass' offer.

made videos of himself repeatedly having sex with women's shoes in a Scots shop has been spared jail.

teen who died after having heart surgery say the charity set up in his name helped them survive losing him.Zak Scott was born in April 1996 with a congenital heart defect called pulmonary atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect (VCD) - more commonly known as a hole in the heart.The Kilwinning youngster underwent surgery almost every year of his young life, culminating in an open heart operation on March 9, 2011, in what doctors at Glasgow's Yorkhill Hospital and his family thought would be the

cooking shows on TV is set to return to our screens this month.

police found a secret drug preparation lab in an illegal loft conversion at his house. Derek Johnstone, 41, is thought to have supplied at least £32,000 worth of drugs to users from his semi-detached home, Falkirk Sheriff Court was told.

heroin hidden in his underwear following a tip-off.Scott McLean, 48, was busted with more £1,000 worth of heroin stashed intimately inside his body and had more than £2,100 in cash in his pockets.McLean and an unknown male had been spotted acting suspiciously in Seedhill when they were stopped by police on patrol.Paisley Sheriff Court heard the crook, who was suspected of dealing in the town, was observed attempting to “discard something,” at Ladyburn Street on the evening of December 2,

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