Three people have been locked up for the brutal killing of a man whose body was found at a nature reserve.

Steven Donaldson's body was discovered in the car park at Kinnordy Nature Reserve near Kirriemuir, Angus, in the early hours of June 7 last year.

Detectives said the 27-year-old from Arbroath had been the victim of a "sustained and brutal attack".

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Steven Dickie and Callum Davidson were convicted earlier this month of murdering the offshore worker following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

The pair, both 24, were jailed for life when they returned to the court to hear their fate on Thursday.

A judge ordered Davidson to spend a minimum of 24 years behind bars while Dickie was told he must spend at least 23 years in prison.

Tasmin Glass, 20, was told she would be detained for 10 years after being convicted of culpable homicide.