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Serial conman put himself up in plush hotel and skipped bill after scamming OAPs (opens the original)
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A serial conman who ripped off elderly people claims he's broke and can't pay back £94,000 he earned from his crimes. Gerry Meechan, 55, was branded "abhorrent" by a sheriff and jailed for nearly six years after admitting a string of charges including fraud. But the career crook, who has similar convictions dating back more than 20 years, says he has no assets to settle a proceeds of crime claim. Airdrie Sheriff Court heard Meechan swindled £55,000 from victims in Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire wh
Dad used bow and arrow to shoot squirrel in front of child on Christmas Day (opens the original)
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A dad used a bow and arrow to shoot a squirrel in his garden in front of a child on Christmas Day. Matthew Cumming was charged after a shocked neighbour reported him to an animal welfare charity. Cumming, 36, was fined £185 when he admitted an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act. The small creature was "pinned against a wall" but somehow survived, a court heard on Thursday, August 20, report the Daily Record. Airdrie Sheriff Court heard the incident happened at his home in Coatbridge,
Rapist 'flew off the handle' and terrorised own mum in row over curry sauce (opens the original)
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A fella once convicted for rape and abduction terrified his own mum in a row over curry sauce. Daniel Gallacher, 31, "flew off the handle" after it spilled from a takeaway meal. His mum, Karen McKay, was so frightened she shut herself in the bathroom and felt "a prisoner in her own home". He previously caged for six years for rape, was jailed for 32 months for abducting and assaulting a man who then took his own life. Airdrie Sheriff Court heard he was freed on licence in January this year and w
Rape and kidnap thug terrorised own mum in curry sauce row (opens the original)
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A brute with convictions for rape and abduction left his terrified mum "a prisoner in her own home". Daniel Gallacher, 31, "flew off the handle" after curry sauce spilled from a takeaway meal. His mum, Karen McKay, was so frightened she shut herself in the bathroom. Last year we told how the grieving family of a young man who took his own life blamed Gallacher and his brother Craig for his death. The evil pair abducted Nathan Dawson in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, in December 2024. They bundled the
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