Tag: carstairs

NHS nurse is £300 a night comedy hypnotist Tricky Dicky

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 5, 2016

A NURSE who works with some of Scotland’s most troubled psychiatric patients has unveiled his part-time job - as a successful comedy hypnotist. Richard Nelson’s “9-5”...

Blood-stained bedding in “cleaned” room at Carstairs

Scottish News

Peter Laing - January 21, 2014

BLOOD-stained bedding and equipment were discovered during an unannounced visit to Scotland’s hospital for the criminally insane. The State Hospital at Carstairs, South Lanarkshire, has...

Paperwork errors put sex criminals and violent thugs back on the streets

Scottish News

Guest - December 9, 2012

PRISON bosses have admitted to setting loose nearly 50 paedophiles and violent criminals because of “sloppy” admin errors. Figures released through a Freedom Of Information...

Why weren’t we told about escaped killer’s violent past?

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 17, 2012

MINISTERS have been condemned for failing to reveal that an on-the-run psychiatric patient is a killer and former Carstairs inmate. Steven Wilson disappeared while on...