The Britoil Scandal: What happened to the Aberdeen couple behind the audacious £23m fraud?
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A friend said: "I do remember Roy confiding in me that he and Alison, in fact, were lucky to be alive."
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The Britoil Scandal: A final showdown in the Granite City as millionaire businessman goes on trial
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The media attention was so fierce because this case captivated the public's imagination - and everyone wanted to know how it would end.
Young Aberdeen thug avoids jail after unprovoked attacks outside McDonald’s
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CCTV captured Morgan Main attacking two men - one with a single punch which rendered him unconscious
Keith domestic abuser’s campaign of violence laid bare in court
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Mark Strathdee's controlling and violent behaviour against two former girlfriends was read out in Elgin Sheriff Court.
Offshore businessman fined after racist tirade on 11-year-old
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Colin Manderson, 76, called the child a “dirty hacking black b******” following the match at Spain Park.
Fyvie man threatened to kill neighbour and have his mum murdered
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Norman Gordon, 58, moved to Fyvie from Aberdeen for the quiet life, but made an enemy of his neighbour and then threatened to kill him.
Banff man who tormented girlfriend given two weeks to prove he can be spared jail
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Calvin Arnold, 24, attempted to control his former girlfriend and then repeatedly contacted her when she broke things off with him.
Stonehaven paedophile exposed himself to nine-year-old ‘child’ in sting operation
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Glen Wilson sent photos of his penis to what he thought were children, Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told.
The Britoil Scandal: Detectives embark on a quest across Europe in a bid to get their man
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DC Moir said: "Alison Anders claimed Omar Hammoud took her out to the desert and pointed out where she would be buried if it turned out she double-crossed him."
Fisherman made AK-47 threats at MSP Kate Forbes’ Dingwall office
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Iain Mackintosh told staff members at the constituency office that he had "connections to Ireland" and access to guns.
Aberdeen pilot says he’s lucky to be alive after vicious attack outside Busted gig
Ross McConnell was left unconscious after being punched to the ground outside P&J Live, while his wife was assaulted by a woman from Dundee.
Driver had cocaine worth £1,100 in hidden compartment
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Gheorghe Mois admitted possession with intent to supply at Inverness Sheriff Court after a police search discovered the class A drug.
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Aberdeen man found guilty of rape, sexual assault and attacks on women
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Peterhead man started targeting neighbours with threats after they didn’t say ‘good morning’
Teenager armed robber who targeted Aberdeen taxi drivers locked up
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Man who killed friend in Aberdeen high-rise confrontation jailed for five years
Domestic abuser who tried to cause woman mental breakdown is jailed
Man who wielded large knife in Northfield Spar jailed
A night on the front line combatting anti-social behaviour in Elgin with police
Woman who attacked off-duty Inverness police officer spared jail
Aberdeen thug who stamped on victim’s head is jailed
Domestic abuser attacked partner and dragged her from bed
Inverness teen spat at bus driver and mocked man with one leg
Despicable thief jailed after stealing Aberdeen widow’s ‘lifetime of treasures’
Serial Aberdeen drink-driver crashed into car with toddler inside
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Aberdeenshire nursery workers found guilty of assaults on child
Weekend court roll – a cannabis farm ‘slave’ and a rogue joiner
Aberdeen man’s plea to sheriff after Oban hospital disturbance
Traffic boss caught drug-driving near Mintlaw
Domestic abuser threatened to kill partner – and told her what he would do with her body
Mintlaw child rapist may never be released from prison
