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Aberdeen businessman ordered to pay £65,000 under proceeds of crime legislation
An Aberdeen businessman jailed for dealing drugs has been ordered to pay £65,000 under proceeds of crime legislation.
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Man who hid thousands in cash from drug deal profits in relative’s homes jailed for six years
A man with links to serious organised crime who used the homes of family members to conceal thousands of pounds made from drug deals has been imprisoned for six years.
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Man jailed for dog cruelty and banned from owning animals for ten years
A man whose dog had to be put down after he abandoned it and left it inside a crate for several days has been imprisoned for six months and banned from owning or looking after animals for ten years.
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Five-man Inverclyde drugs gang sentenced to total of 31 years and eight months in prison
Five members of a notorious serious organised crime gang who ran a massive drugs trafficking empire in Inverclyde have been jailed for a total of 31 years and eight months.
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Edinburgh teacher found to have persecuted young boys.
John Brownlee, a former teacher, inflicted sadistic cruelty on young boys at the Edinburgh Academy between 1967 and 1991. He has been found to have physically assaulted and emotionally abused children at the school.
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American pilot jailed for being over alcohol limit before Edinburgh to New York flight
An American pilot who was found to be almost two and a half times the alcohol limit as he prepared to take charge of a trans-Atlantic flight from Edinburgh to New York has been jailed for 10 months.
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Father and son receive bans for illegally selling peregrine falcon chicks
Father and son Timothy and Lewis Hall sentenced for illegally selling peregrine falcon chicks
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Breeder fined over illegal high-price sales of peregrine falcons
A breeder who illegally sold peregrine falcons for thousands of pounds has been fined £2,100 and ordered to forfeit £5,220 in cash seized from his home.
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Serial sexual offender given Order for Lifelong Restriction
A serial rapist who terrorised six women in a long campaign of violent and sexual offending has be made subject to an Order for Lifelong Restriction and will spend at least 10 years in prison.
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Fugitive jailed for the killing of his second cousin
A man who tried to escape Scottish justice after killing a relative has been jailed for six years and four months.