Crime & Courts Archive

  • Police in plea to bus rape witnesses
    Friday 5 April 2013

    POLICE are appealing for two teenage men who went to the aid of a 14-year-old girl raped on a double decker bus to come forward.

  • Gambling addict, 72, stole baby's iPhone as she watched Barney the Dinosaur
    Thursday 4 April 2013

    A 72-year-old gambling addict stole an iPhone from a baby in a push chair because he was in debt to loan sharks, a court heard today.

  • Blaze death father was on bail over road rage attack
    Thursday 4 April 2013

    A father who is awaiting sentence for killing his six children in a house fire was on bail for a violent road rage incident at the time of the blaze, a court has heard.

  • Arrests are made over spate of street stabbings
    Wednesday 3 April 2013

    TWO men are being treated in hospital after a spate of stabbings in Herefordshire.

  • Councillor loses anonymity fight at court
    Saturday 30 March 2013

    A local Labour politician fined £100 by magistrates after admitting being drunk in a supermarket while in charge of her two-year-old daughter has lost a High Court anonymity fight.

  • Man and son jailed for pensioner attack
    Friday 29 March 2013

    A man and his stepson were jailed for a total of 13 years for inflicting "catastrophic" injuries on a pensioner mistakenly thought to be on the sex offenders' register.

  • Defence QC: Lynda case a 'leaky vessel'
    Friday 29 March 2013

    The case against two men accused of murdering missing businesswoman Lynda Spence is a "leaky vessel", a defence lawyer has said.

  • Greenpeace wins fight over protest
    Thursday 28 March 2013

    GREENPEACE has fought off a legal challenge after campaigners dressed as polar bears were accused of ransacking an oil exploration company's offices.

  • Accused evidence 'tainted by deal'
    Thursday 28 March 2013

    Evidence given by two former co-accused in the Lynda Spence murder trial amounts to "a back-shop deal", a defence lawyer has said.

  • Murder verdict in unique case
    Thursday 28 March 2013

    A man jailed for attempted murder is now facing a life sentence after being convicted of murdering his victim, who died in hospital more than a year later.

  • Interview: meet Stephen House, Chief Constable of Police Scotland
    Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Robbie Dinwoodie visits Tulliallan Castle to ask Chief Constable Stephen House of Police Scotland what we can expect after midnight on Sunday when Scotland’s new single force takes control. The impact on the public, the savings, the improvements and the bureaucratic battles are all discussed openly by our new top cop

  • Taxi driver guilty of murdering man
    Wednesday 27 March 2013

    A BLACK cab driver who used his taxi as a murder weapon is facing life in jail.

  • Coats accuses witnesses of telling 'monstrous lies'
    Tuesday 26 March 2013

    MURDER-accused Colin Coats has claimed it was "monstrous lies" to suggest he had abducted, tortured and killed missing financial adviser Lynda Spence.

  • Man found guilty of shop stabbing
    Tuesday 26 March 2013

    A MAN has been found guilty of attempting to murder a shop worker who he believed had sexually abused him as a youngster.

  • Former paralegal jailed after drug find
    Tuesday 26 March 2013

    A FORMER paralegal has been jailed for more than three years after being caught with drugs worth almost £140,000.

  • Methven murder inquiry examined
    Saturday 23 March 2013

    DETAILS of the high-profile investigation into the murder of a Scots pensioner will be presented to a police board next week

  • Pet sitter's ban over animal care failings
    Saturday 23 March 2013

    A PET sitter who left seven animals entrusted into her care unattended has been banned from keeping animals for 40 months.

  • Court change for fire deaths murder trial
    Saturday 23 March 2013

    The trial of two men accused of murdering three members of a family by setting fire to their home will now take place in Glasgow in May.

  • Former postman convicted of rapes
    Friday 22 March 2013

    A former postman who crept into the homes of two women and raped them in their own beds has been jailed for seven years at the High Court in Perth.

  • Accused says Lynda set up a safe house
    Friday 22 March 2013

    MURDER accused Colin Coats has told a jury missing financial adviser Lynda Spence organised a safe house for herself in West Kilbride.

  • ROX store accused in court
    Thursday 21 March 2013

    A MAN has appeared in court charged with taking part in an alleged £1 million robbery from an exclusive Scots jeweller.

  • Three men jailed for jobs fraud
    Thursday 21 March 2013

    THREE Eastern European men have been jailed for a total of nine-and-a-half years for defrauding fellow countrymen.

  • Tell them where Lynda is
    Thursday 21 March 2013

    A MAN accused of murdering a missing financial adviser has been asked to tell her parents where her remains are.

  • Pair deny going armed with samurai sword in Fiat Punto to rob and kill Joss Stone
    Monday 18 March 2013

    Two men hatched a plot to rob and kill international pop star Joss Stone before dumping her body in a river, a court heard today.

  • Lottery winner still claimed his benefits
    Saturday 16 March 2013

    A LOTTERY winner who claimed thousands of pounds in benefits after his massive win because he was immersed in the "benefits culture" has been ordered to do 180 hours of community service.

  • Cash and drugs haul recovered in blitz on criminals
    Saturday 16 March 2013

    Cash totalling £225,000 and drugs worth more than £315,000 have been seized from suspected criminals in a major police crackdown.

  • Spence witness: 'I was part of a plan'
    Saturday 16 March 2013

    A man who admitted guarding a missing businesswoman alleged to have been murdered has told a court he takes responsibility for not stopping what was happening to her.

  • Lawrence murder appeal is dropped
    Saturday 16 March 2013

    One of the two men jailed for the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence has dropped his appeal against conviction, the Judicial Office has confirmed.

  • Five years for worker who stole £1.2m
    Saturday 16 March 2013

    David Johnston, 41, hid the cash for 10 years, taking a total of £1,246,917 from oil and gas service business Capelrig.

  • Pony owner's ban dilemma
    Saturday 16 March 2013

    A WOMAN who lives with her pony will have to find alternative ways to dump its manure after receiving a three-year ban for drink-driving.