Tag: Prison

Knife crime sentence extended under new policy

ANYONE arrested with a knife in Scotland’s town and city centres will be prosecuted before a Sheriff and jury, from today. The move will result...

Speech therapy needed to cut re-offending rates

SPEECH therapy could help prevent criminals reoffending, research has found. The most comprehensive study of speech and language therapy within Scotland’s criminal justice system identified...

Police hunt prison absconder

POLICE have renewed their appeal to track down a prisoner who went missing from an open prison. Daniel Somers, 49, failed to return to HMP...

Man jailed after drunken outburst

A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to 2 years in prison after threatening to kill a man in his own flat. Mr Marney, as he...

Murderer who killed a man he thought was paedophile dies in prison

A MURDERER who knifed a mentally-ill man 50 times because he wrongly believed he was a paedophile has died in jail. Richard Barnes was jailed...

Man imprisoned for supplying counterfeit CDs and DVDs

A MAN has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after being caught with 4,000 counterfeit CDs and DVDs. Paul McPhillips, 41, pled guilty to...

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