7 h. ago Two Scots killers jailed for 34yrs after man mowed down twice BY MISTAKE by ‘best friend’ before being hit with machete

TWO vicious killers have been caged for a total of 34 years after a man was mowed down in a sick case of mistaken identity — then hacked to death with a machete. Alexander McQuillan, 27, and Richard Mullan, 21, were sentenced for the brutal murder of Michael Beaton, 35, in Greenock, Inverclyde, on November...

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8 h. ago Man who killed best friend in mistaken identity case jailed with second attacker

Richard Mullan and Alexander McQuillan pleaded guilty to separate murder charges over the death of Michael Beaton, 35.

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8 h. ago Killers jailed after Scots dad mowed down in 'mistaken identity' horror and hacked with machete

Michael Beaton, 35, was mistakenly struck by a car driven by 'best friend' Richard Mullan before the man they were chasing attacked him with machete.

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10 h. ago Former soldier who used Molotov cocktails to firebomb Scots police station jailed

Jamie Taylor, 34, has been jailed for three years following the fire attack at Livingston Police Station last year.

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30 h. ago Man who attacked strangers on train with Buckfast bottle jailed for 12 years

CCTV footage released by British Transport Police (BTP) in shows Craig charging down the carriage armed with a bottle

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33 h. ago Drunk thug who was caught on train CCTV attacking another passenger with a Buckfast bottle is jailed for 12 years for attempted murder

Thomas Craig, 48, from East Renfrewshire, repeatedly stabbed Glenn Lennon with the smashed bottle in a 'wholly murderous' attack on a Glasgow to Dundee train on February 16, 2024.

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34 h. ago Aberdeen ultra jailed for chair attack on player Jack MacKenzie

The defender was left bloodied and needing stitches after the incident which took place during a league match against Dundee United last year.

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35 h. ago Man who tried to kill stranger in train bottle attack jailed for 12 years

Thomas Craig attacked two people on a train between Glasgow and Dundee in February 2025.

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4 d. ago Sexual predator jailed for 12 years after attacking two women in Forth Valley

Akib Aslam, 32, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh.

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4 d. ago Sex predator jailed after dragging young woman off street in 'horrifying attack'

Caitano Azavedo was described as a “sexual predator” following the horrifying attack on a young woman.

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4 d. ago Man who first met dad in jail slashed his face in 'savage' revenge attack over mum

Lee Spence, 25, attacked his father John Spence with a blade at HMP Perth on July 12 last year, leaving him with a wound running from his ear to his neck which needed more than 40 stitches

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4 d. ago Trump reveals he has cancelled 'previously expected second wave of attacks' on Venezuela after release of political prisoners from brutal jail

Donald Trump has revealed he has cancelled a 'previously expected second wave of attacks' against Venezuela, following the release of several political prisoners

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5 d. ago Fireworks gang thug who attacked police & smashed up car during Bonfire Night mayhem jailed

A FIREWORKS yob who was part of a gang that attacked police and smashed up a vehicle during a shocking Bonfire Night riot in Edinburgh has been jailed. Lewis Forbes was a member of a 30 strong masked mob that launched fireworks, set fires in the road and trashed a parked car in the Gracemount...

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5 d. ago Tate Modern attacker who threw boy from balcony jailed after assaulting nurses

Jonty Bravery has been jailed for 16 weeks after assaulting two nurses at Broadmoor Hospital. He was previously given a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years for throwing a six-year-old from a 10th-storey balcony at the Tate Modern in 2019

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5 d. ago Man who threw child from Tate Modern balcony jailed for assaulting nurses in Broadmoor

The 24-year-old kicked one staff member in the thigh and clawed across another's face, a court previously heard

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5 d. ago Tate Modern attacker jailed for 16 weeks after assaulting Broadmoor hospital nurses

Jonty Bravery was found guilty of assaulting nurses Linda McKinlay and Kate Mastalerz in September 2024

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6 d. ago Holiday Inn rapist jailed for 12 years after spiking drink and attacking three women

Philip Duffield, 25, raped two young women at a Holiday Inn in Shrewsbury and attacked a third woman in Birmingham after spiking her drink. He has now been jailed for 12 years

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6 d. ago Headmaster, 54, who was jailed for attacking his deputy with a spanner after discovering he was sleeping with his secret mistress speaks out about his downfall for the first time

Dr Anthony John Felton, 54, was jailed for two years and four months for the brutal assault on colleague Richard Pyke after discovering they were both having an affair with the same woman teacher.

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7 d. ago Police tell wrong family their teen has died after fatal crash in 'traumatic' mix

South Yorkshire Police admitted the case of mistaken identity and said "this has obviously come as a huge surprise to everyone and we recognise the additional trauma this may cause"

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7 d. ago Woman 'who killed two girls in Colombia with poisoned raspberries' is arrested and faces extradition hearing after being held in psychiatric unit since jumping into Thames

Zulma Guzman Castro is alleged to have killed Ines de Bedout, 14, and her close friend, Emilia Forero, 13, who both died in hospital in Bogota days after eating the fruit

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