JOHN Swinney yesterday promised the SNP would give “serious consideration” to creating a new specific criminal offence for non-fatal strangulation – as he blasted the behaviour of Scotland’s men and boys. The First Minister was urged by Nats backbencher Michelle Thomson to do so after Fiona Drouet, whose daughter Emily took her life while at … Read more
BEREAVED families have hit out as shamed Dr Catherine Calderwood dodged a Covid probe grilling. They raised “serious questions” over the UK pandemic inquiry after the disgraced ex-Scots chief medical officer was excused from giving evidence on health grounds. 2 Disgraced Dr Catherine Calderwood will dodge a Covid probe grilling on health groundsCredit: Getty – … Read more
A PERVERT priest who groped and kissed a sleeping man on a train has been locked up for 16 months. Shamed father Daniel Doherty, 61, told railway staff he was ‘affirming’ his victim after two horrified passengers clocked what he was doing and reported him to police. 4 Father Daniel Doherty groped a sleeping man … Read more
SCOTRAIL passengers have been swindled out of cash by con artists on social media. Shameless criminals are targeting punters in the run-up to Christmas with the social media scam. 6 ScotRail passengers have been targeted by scammersCredit: PA 6 Con artists posing as the rail operator have stolen cash from unsuspecting puntersCredit: Alamy 6 Scammers … Read more
POLICE have launched an investigation into the “unexplained” death of a man after his body was pulled from a house fire. Emergency crews raced to the scene in Drumbeg, in the Highlands, yesterday afternoon. 1 Fire crews raced to the scene alongside police officers (STOCK IMAGE)Credit: Alamy The alarm was raised at around 4.20pm after … Read more
A RETIRED Scots cop has told of the shocking moment he found the body parts of a recent murder victim inside a suitcase at a holiday hotspot. Ex-detective Lindsay Watson, 65, stumbled across the grizzly scene while out for a stroll in Malta on Monday. 2 Cops at the scene of the grim discovery in … Read more
DISGRACED top doctor Catherine Calderwood will dodge a grilling at the UK Covid Inquiry after being excused from giving evidence on health grounds. The medic quit her role as Scotland’s chief medical officer after we revealed she’d broken lockdown rules during the pandemic. 2 Disgraced Dr Catherine Calderwood has been excused from giving evidence to … Read more
Police swoop on Scots town amid major incident as shocked pub revellers watch as cops lock down street …C0NTINUE READING >>> POLICE last night swooped on a busy Lanarkshire nightlife spot amid an ongoing incident. Two cop cars and a van raced to a pedestrian area just before midnight at the Asda Superstore in Hamilton. … Read more
Booze-fuelled yobs wielding axes and machetes bringing terror to Scots council area …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> BOOZE-fuelled yobs are bringing terror to a Scots council area – with a 13-year-old lad stabbed by a blade-wielding gang. Spooked locals claim lawless young teams are running riot in North Lanarkshire, where a schoolboy was knifed in Moodiesburn … Read more
Man ‘left permanently scarred’ after horror ‘XL Bully attack’ at Scots flats …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> A MAN has allegedly been scarred for life after being attacked by an ‘XL Bully’ type dog. The animal attack unfolded outside a block of flats in Kincardine, Fife, on Sunday afternoon. 4 The man was allegedly attacked by … Read more