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Outrage as top Scots lawyer given 'slap on wrist' for sending filthy messages about rape charity boss

Brian McConnachie, KC, boasted he would have sex with Sandy Brindley "just to have something over her”.

Daily Record · Mar 28, 2023

Top Scots lawyer faces ban for 'demeaning' texts about sex with rape charity boss

Brian McConnachie, KC, boasted he would have sex with Sandy Brindley “just to have something over her”.

Daily Record · Feb 15, 2023

Glasgow MP Margaret Ferrier who broke covid travel rules sentenced to 270 hours community service

Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Margaret Ferrier tested positive for Covid-19 but travelled between Glasgow and London. She has now been sentenced to 270 hours of community service.

Glasgow Live · Sep 13, 2022

Sheku Bayoh death had significant impact on police involved, inquiry told

Counsel representing the officers have given their opening statements at the public inquiry into his death.

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

Scotland's legal watchdog urged to 'drag itself out of the dark ages' as MSP blasts 'blatant misogyny'

Monica Lennon MSP said the Faculty of Advocates should have condemned the “blatant misogyny and sexism” of his messages about Sandy Brindley, the head of Rape Crisis Scotland.

Daily Record · May 11, 2022

Sickening discrimination is dressed up as lads' banter - and it's shameful

It wasn’t just the sexist warblings of Bill Copeland, a former QC turned after-dinner speaker, which offended women at the SFWA awards, but the alleged homophobic and racist references too.

Daily Record · May 11, 2022

Man to stand trial accused of murdering Bennylyn Burke and her daughter in Dundee

Andrew Innes allegedly killed the 25-year-old and her child Jellica Burke at a house on Troon Avenue in Dundee between February 20 and March 5 2021.

Daily Record · Apr 12, 2022