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Da Vinci rapist could be monitored for life after latest conviction

Robert Greens was previously jailed for 10 years in 2006.

Evening Standard · Aug 12

Emma Caldwell murder trial jury to visit woods where her body was found

Iain Packer, 50, denies murdering the 27-year-old in 2005 and will stand trial next year.

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

Footprint found on Amber Gibson’s bra ‘matched brother’s shoe’

A forensic scientist told the High Court in Glasgow that she had analysed a mark on the undewear.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Scots stock car racer 'swigged from bottle of vodka' before killing Navy veteran in crash

Marc Fortune fled the scene on the A92 in Fife and was later traced at his father's home in Kirknewton, Midlothian, the next morning.

Daily Record · Feb 23, 2023

Scots driver killed teen son in horrific high-speed crash after being clocked at 137mph

Craig Melville, 41, admitted causing the death of his son on March 27 in 2021.

Daily Record · Jan 25, 2023

Edinburgh man tied woman to a bed before launching terrifying attack

The High Court in Edinburgh heard last month how unemployed Kevin Hood, 34, subjected the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to a terrifying ordeal during the attack.

Edinburgh Live · Nov 16, 2022