Tag: Jail

Pensioners consider using crime to get ‘an easy life’

Court & Crime

Christine Lavelle - February 27, 2011

INCREASING numbers of elderly Scots being charged with criminal offences has been blamed on high poverty levels. The pensioner ‘crime wave’ was revealed in figures...

Prisoner slashed gay con because "he had a look in his eye"

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - October 5, 2010

By Cara Sulieman A PRISONER slashed a gay con’s face after being told by a guard “if he wanted to have you he would”. Thomas Conington,...

Elderly in care homes given less to spend than criminals

Deadline News Journalist - September 12, 2010

By Cara Sulieman OAPS living in care homes are given less money to spend than prisoners. Residents who get their essential living costs covered by the...

Jail for 40-year-old who beat a woman with learning difficulties

Christine Lavelle - September 1, 2010

By Cara Sulieman A 40-year-old has been jailed after beating a woman with learning difficulties around the head with a bottle. Natalie Paterson...

Under-the-bed stalker is jailed for harassing ex-girlfriend

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - August 10, 2010

By Christine Lavelle A MAN who stalked his ex-girlfriend by hiding under her bed has been jailed for 40 months. Two days after being dumped Christopher...

Infamous fraudster Lady Bruce vows to return to Scotland

Deadline News Journalist - February 28, 2010

By Rory Reynolds THE fraudster ex-wife of a Scottish aristocrat has pledged to return to Scotland on her release from a Texan prison. Amanda Grimes –...

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