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Former North Isles councillor Robert Henderson appeared at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday accused of raping a woman 27 years ago.The 73-year-old, from Cullivoe in Yell, was also charged with sexually assaulting two school girls in the late 1970s.He denied all the charges and will appe... Read more...
A diver from Shetland has been found guilty of raping a drunken woman more than seven years ago in Greyfriars Churchyard in Edinburgh.Cy Sullivan, 26, who the court heard left his victim naked from the waist down and terrified and confused in the cemetery, was caught after his DNA was taken in ... Read more...
• Daryl Smith's convictions were quashed on 26th August 2014 following an appeal at the High Court in Edinburgh.A lifeboat crewman was jailed for four and a half years today after subjecting a teenager to a rape ordeal.Daryl Smith, 23, turned up unexpectedly at the victim's home in Shetlan... Read more...