A SCOTS council engineer couldn’t believe his luck after he found a 700-year-old coin at the bottom of his garden. Craig Smith, 34, was fixing a fence in his back garden of his home in Linlithgow, West Lothian, during the summer when he discovered the extremely rare item. 5 Craig Smith discovered a… Scots dad … Read more
JAILED brutes are attacking warders 250 times a year, shocking figures reveal. Ministers have been accused of letting prison violence “spiral out of control” as stats showed staff endured 2,562 assaults by inmates in a decade. 3 There were 26 incidents involving Scots prison officers being… Scots prisons ‘out of control’ as lags attack wardens … Read more
FURIOUS Orange Order bosses have slammed Police Scotland for ‘cowardice and betrayal’ after a Celtic activist and academic was cleared of using hate speech during a rally. Professor Jeanette Findlay said some of the loyalist group ‘swam in the same dirty water as racists’ and was later… Orange Order slam Police Scotland for ‘cowardice & … Read more
IT IS claimed a raider allegedly armed with a knife attempted to “set a shop on fire using ammonia” after getting locked inside. Emergency services responded to the alleged incident inside a shop on Main Street, Condorrat, near Cumbernauld, at around 11.20am on Monday, December 23. 1 The… Alleged armed raider ‘threatens shopkeeper with knife before … Read more
THE CAGING of a Scots gangster was the “last piece in the jigsaw” in a probe that crippled a leading UK-wide drugs gang, according to a top crime fighter. Graeme Biggar, of the National Crime Agency, said the conviction of Colin Wright, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire, signalled the end of the… Caging of Scots gangster was … Read more
STUART HOGG and his new girlfriend Leonna Mayor were spotted out on a Christmas Eve walk, just a few weeks after his conviction for domestic abuse. Hogg, 32, had appeared in the dock at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on December 5 to be sentenced, a month after he admitted a single charge of abusing… Shamed rugby star … Read more
A MAN has appeared in court charged with the murder of another man near a Scots nightclub. Brandon McLachlin, 21, appeared in the dock accused of murdering Jamie Lucas, 33, in Airdrie town centre in the early hours of Sunday morning. 3 Police locked down Stirling Street in Airdrie town centre on… Man appears in … Read more
A SUSPECT has been charged in connection with the death of a man found injured near a Scots nightclub. Jamie Lucas, 33, died after he was found seriously hurt in the middle of Airdrie town centre in the early hours of Sunday morning. 7 Jamie Lucas died after being found seriously injured in Airdrie… Suspect, … Read more
A SERVING Police Scotland officer is among four people charged following an investigation by the force’s anti-corruption unit. The male officer, who has been suspended, was arrested last week along with two other men and a woman. 1 A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Following an… Police Scotland officer among four charged in anti-corruption probe … Read more
SEVEN members of a twisted paedophile ring who preyed on kids in a drug den dubbed the ‘Beastie House’ have had their sentencing delayed for a FIFTH time. Iain Owens, 46, and six other sickos appeared today at the High Court in Glasgow more than one year after they were nailed over the sex… Seven … Read more