Tag: Sheriff

Teenager who set his girlfriend ablaze sentenced to life

Deadline News Journalist - January 5, 2010

By Paul Thornton A CRUEL teenager who soaked his girlfriend in petrol before setting her on fire after she threatened to dump him will spend...

Track thief railroaded out of Scotland on bail

Deadline News Journalist - December 14, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A SHERIFF has called for an investigation after man was caught trying to steal part of a railway track. Lee Reap, 20, used...

Police pipe band tutor cleared of assault on 18-year-old girl

Deadline News Journalist - November 25, 2009

By Andrea McCallum A POLICE pipe band tutor has been cleared of assaulting a teenage girl on the group’s coach as they made their way...

Man in court after body discovery

Deadline News Journalist - October 14, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A MAN has appeared in court after human remains were found outside an Edinburgh flat. Robert Chalmers, 57, was charged with attempting to...

“Big Yin” biker hits iPod-playing passer-by

Deadline News Journalist - October 8, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A MAN lost control of a three-wheeled “Billy Connolly type motorbike” and crashed into the back of an iPod-wearing pedestrian who didn’t...