Racist Scots killer planned daring high-security jail break-out years after court escape plot

A killer tried to break out of a high-security prison as part of a campaign to protest his innocence.

Michael Ross, who's serving life for shooting a waiter at an Indian restaurant on Orkney, cut a hole in one fence then tried to climb another with a homemade ladder.

When he was captured prison officers found food, clothing and a toothbrush in his jacket pockets.