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Tim Bugler

Former Mormon threatened to carry out 'latter-day Dunblane Massacre' in chilling phone call to police

A former Mormon jailed for stalking a top Scottish Conservative politician is facing a new prison term, after threatening to carry out a latter-day Dunblane Massacre at the MSP's home - half a mile from a busy Stirlingshire primary school.

James Lynn-Wilson rang Police Scotland and asked for the Chief Constable's office before threatening to "act like Thomas Hamilton" at an address in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire where the Dundee -born Central Scotland MSP Stephen Kerr lived.

Police Scotland operator Dawn Smith, who took the call, told a court she "felt quite sick" when she realised what Lynn-Wilson meant.

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