EXCLUSIVE: The Aberdeen man hunting paedophiles online
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Wednesday courts round-up – call out the riot cops
Good evening - here are the stories that caught the attention of our reporters today.
Career criminal locked up for dealing heroin
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A man who has acquired more than 40 convictions during his life of crime has been sent to jail for more than six years for dealing heroin.
Police Scotland chief unable to ‘guarantee’ local policing won’t be impacted by COP26
Police Scotland’s chief constable has said he can’t give “any guarantee” over whether local policing will be impacted by COP26 – but says he has done everything he can to ensure communities won’t suffer.
Quarry company fined £130,000 after probe into worker’s death
A quarrying and construction company has been fined £130,000 over health and safety failings uncovered in the wake of a worker's death.
Man tasered twice after high-stakes hostage drama with armed cops
A man got into a high-stakes standoff with armed police when he abducted his girlfriend and held a knife to her throat.
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Wednesday courts round-up – call out the riot cops
Career criminal locked up for dealing heroin
Police Scotland chief unable to ‘guarantee’ local policing won’t be impacted by COP26
Quarry company fined £130,000 after probe into worker’s death
Man tasered twice after high-stakes hostage drama with armed cops
Stalker resumed harassment of ex just weeks after release from prison
Riot cops and negotiator called in as row over boxer’s broken window escalates
‘A danger to romanticising the past’: Police Scotland chief defends closure of local stations
Scotland fan’s overexuberant celebrations spark three-hour stand off with riot police
Karaoke singer fined for assaulting man who insulted him after performance
Lawyer: Scottish Government should be allowed to order probe into Trump’s finances
Man fined for attacking mum and having knife in public
Drink driver’s car got stuck on a dyke as he gave grandad a lift home
Man jailed after attack on ARI security guards
Independence march court case adjourned following funding difficulties
Woman conned model train enthusiasts out of cash in Facebook fraud
Police Scotland chief: Why I can’t support safe drug consumption rooms
Sick Facebook conman to be sentenced next year for baby abuse videos
Sick Facebook conman to be sentenced next year for baby abuse videos
Abusive ex tormented former partner and told her not to wear new ’emo boots’
On the Beat: How we turned an antisocial problem area into a source of pride
Weekend court roll – our round-up of the most-read cases of the week
‘Soldier’ for drugs kingpin stuffed cocaine worth £18,500 into socks and hid it in car
Police chief concerned about ‘excessive’ times officers have to drive patients to hospital
