Trial set for pensioner accused of historical sex crimes
A pensioner is to stand trial charged with sex attacks on two girls in Shetland. Anthony McElhone, 70, is said to have carried out the…
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Man, 50, guilty of murder bid in town
A 50-year-old who was once jailed for a school stabbing is back behind bars for trying to kill a man in Lerwick. Stephen Savage, 50, carried…
READ FULL STORYAbuser to be sentenced in new year
A man who abused four young girls, mainly in Shetland, will be sentenced in the new year. Jeffrey Cheyne preyed on the children during a…
READ FULL STORYMan to go on trial charged with murder attempt
A 49-year-old man is to go on trial at the High Court in Glasgow next year for attempted murder. Stephen Savage denied assaulting a man…
READ FULL STORYMan denies raping two women
A 31-year-old man is to stand trial next year accused of raping two women in Shetland. Jack Johnson denied eight charges, which span from 2017…
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Murder accused pair will go on trial in April
Two people suspected of killing Lerwick woman Tracey Walker on 30th July this year are to stand trial for murder.
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Hilditch fails to have jail sentence imposed in Lerwick reduced at appeal court
A serial offender from the isles Nathan Hilditch has failed in a bid to have his jail-term cut.
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Diver gets five-year jail sentence for raping woman in Edinburgh
A Shetland resident who escaped justice for seven years following a rape attack was today jailed for five years after being snared by DNA.
READ FULL STORYApprentice gets three-year prison sentence for sex offences
An apprentice mechanic from Brae was jailed for three years today after being convicted of having under-age sex with two teenage girls.
READ FULL STORYDrink driver jailed for six and a half years
A drink driver who killed a man after ignoring pleas to slow down has been locked up for six and a half years.
READ FULL STORYMan admits causing death by dangerous driving
A man who knocked down and killed a father as he walked home from a party has admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
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