A "career criminal" serving 22 life sentences has lost a legal bid to be transferred to a prison in Scotland.
Derek Brockwell, originally from Paisley, Renfrewshire, is in jail in England for armed robbery and firearm offences committed in and around London. He claims he wants to be moved from HMP Frankland in County Durham to a Scottish prison to be nearer his family and to help him deal with post-traumatic stress he suffers as a result of his involvement in Paisley's 1990s "drug wars".
Brockwell, 61, who has appeared on Crimewatch and been described as a "career criminal", launched a legal challenge to have a European Arrest Warrant granted for him over a prison escape in Ireland dropped. While he is not likely to be released from his current sentence for up to 20 years, he claims being wanted by the Irish authorities is hampering his attempts to return to his homeland.
