8 h. ago Scotmid shopper spared jail over mashed potato attack on store worker

Peter Ferguson had been warned he could be jailed over the attack.

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5 d. ago Australian cricket great Stuart MacGill spared jail time over supplying cocaine

MacGill was convicted of supplying drugs for a deal between his regular supplier and his brother-in-law in April 2021

Events

1 week ago Childminder left three babies at home while she did school run

Andrea Ward, 62, left three boys - the eldest aged 16 months - alone at her home on 'multiple occasions', a court heard today.

Society

2 w. ago Stirling cattle farmer spared jail after five cows left to starve

He left the animals in a field near the city without checking on them during a drought in spring and summer 2023 - but was spared jail and dodged a cattle-keeping ban.

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3 w. ago Love triangle girlfriend who drunkenly glassed a love rival at their ex's funeral wake is spared jail after magistrate takes pity over 'ongoing tension'

Following the attack by mother-of-one Shannon Morgan, 27, Lisa Wilson was left with a 3 cm cut in her neck requiring stitches. She later said she was lucky to be alive.

Events

3 w. ago Schoolgirl, 15, who stabbed ‘abusive father’ to death over his gambling spared jail

A teenager allegedly slashed her dad with a kitchen knife at their Moscow apartment in an apparent desperate attempt to save her older sister from a brutal attack, following a disagreement

Events

3 w. ago US woman who fatally stabbed a man 'after he sexually harassed her in German subway station' is spared jail

Judges agreed Fallyn Ball, 21, had 'acted in self-defence but then deliberately advanced' on Alem Tekeste, 64, 'shifting from defence to attack' in the incident killing him within seconds.

Events

4 w. ago 'She has left a family grieving... what they thought was a joyful reality was in fact a wicked lie'

Beth Fernley has been spared jail

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