Two men have admitted conspiring with a convicted murderer to spring him from custody during a hospital visit in a plan foiled by police.
Officers covertly set up audio and video surveillance when they discovered the plot to help Robert Paterson escape from custody, and intercepted.
John Wilson, 29, Scott McAllister, 39, and Paterson, 32, admitted conspiring, between January 12 and January 17, to defeat the ends of justice and help Paterson escape from from HMP Shotts while on a pre-arranged visit to Wishaw General Hospital.
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