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Midlothian rapist Sean Hogg changes name and identity after walking free from court

Sean Hogg was able to dodge a prison sentence for the attack on a 13-year-old because he’s aged 21. It emerged last week that the Crown Office is to appeal Hogg’s sentence.

Edinburgh Live

Midlothian rape victim gets apology but feels like 'prisoner in own home'

A judge sparked national outrage after handing Hogg a community service sentence instead of caging the brute for his horrific attack on the then 13-year-old in a Midlothian park.

Edinburgh Live

Rape victim gets apology over 'failures' but feels like 'prisoner in her own home' after attacker avoids jail

A letter to Sean Hogg’s victim said sorry for Crown Office failures to keep her informed and confirmed that bail conditions preventing Hogg approaching her in the run-up to his trial no longer apply.

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Company fined after worker seriously injured in fall from roof

Roofer suffered a traumatic brain injury, along with vertebrae fractures and a broken collar bone, in the incident on Shetland

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Midlothian teen victim of jail dodge rapist Sean Hogg speaks out after brute appeals conviction

The teen, now 18-years-old, was only aged 13 when she was raped by Hogg and has been left dismayed after his lawyers launched a bid to have his conviction thrown out.

Edinburgh Live

Teen victim of Scots jail dodge rapist Sean Hogg hits out after brute appeals conviction

The girl, just 13 when she was raped by Hogg, is dismayed after his lawyers launched a bid to have the conviction quashed.

Daily Record

Company fined after worker seriously injured in fall from roof

Thomas Marshall was aged 22 when he was injured while working on Shetland in 2018.

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Death of man in Glasgow police custody to be investigated by inquiry

Darryl Goodwin passed away on Govan Road and now the Crown Office has confirmed that a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the circumstances will be held at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Glasgow Live

Firm fined £800,000 after boy died falling down construction site manhole

The construction company was also ordered to pay a £60,000 victim surcharge

Insider UK

Teen victim of Midlothian rapist who walked free from court now 'living in fear'

Sean Hogg, 21, attacked the girl in a park when she was just 13 but a judge only gave him 270 hours of community work and didn’t put him behind bars because of his age.

Edinburgh Live

Teenage victim of rapist who walked free from court now 'living in fear'

Sean Hogg attacked the victim when she was 13, and despite being found guilty, was only given 270 hours of community work.

Daily Record

Bradley Welsh's family want cops to face criminal charges after Trainspotting actor's murder

The family of Bradley Welsh are pushing for criminal charges to be brought against Police Scotland after they failed to warn him he was being targeted.

Daily Record

Angry Edinburgh family of Trainspotting actor Bradley Welsh reject police apology

Bradley Welsh appeared in Trainspotting sequel T2 in the month before his death four years ago. The boxer's grieving family says they are still fighting for answers.

Edinburgh Live

Senior SNP MP calls for leadership re-run after claims Peter Murrell shortened race

Angus MacNeil says the leadership contest should be done again, believing the timing of Murrell's arrest compromised its legitimacy.

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SNP: 'A difficult day for the party' – who is Peter Murrell and what are the circumstances of his arrest?

At a time of almost constant political upheaval across the UK in the last few years, sometimes it feels that nothing would surprise us. But the astonishing events that unfolded in Glasgow on the morning of April 5 managed to detonate that notion. At the end of the new first…

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'No criminality' by police officers who shot knifeman during Glasgow Park Inn stabbings, Crown probe finds

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh was killed after stabbing six people in an attack at the hotel, which housing asylum seekers, in June 2020.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon's house cordoned off by police amid SNP finance probe

Police Scotland confirmed Peter Murrell, 58, has been arrested.

Manchester Evening News

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell is arrested by police

Police said a 58-year-old man has been arrested in connection to an ongoing investigation

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Edinburgh Live

Midlothian couple who built sunroom could face court as council cracks down on planning breaches

Councillors were told enforcement notices were issued to home owners followed by £2,000 Fixed Penalty Notices but neither responded nor did they take action required

Edinburgh Live

Luke Mitchell's lawyers make new claim as they attempt to clear Midlothian murderer's name

Lawyers representing Luke Mitchell, who was convicted of murdering girlfriend Jodi Jones in 2003, say DNA samples collected from her body were ‘never tested’ as they attempt to clear his name.

Glasgow Live

Grave of Renfrewshire schoolgirl raped and murdered could be exhumed by cold case cops

It is understood that Scotland's most senior prosecutor has ordered a re-examination of Pamela Hastie's murder 41 years after she was attacked walking home from school.

Daily Record

Rape and murder of Scots schoolgirl probed by cold case cops in bid to catch killer

Pamela Hastie was just 16 years old when she was killed while walking home from school in in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, in 1981.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh mum to finally lay baby son to rest after 50-year probe into 'empty coffin' case

Lydia Reid, from Clermiston, Edinburgh, has been fighting for answers since her son Gary died at just a week old in 1975.

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