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Two men were seriously injured during an axe and a baseball bat attack on a busy road.

A man who murdered his friend was found using an illicit padlock as a weapon while serving life in a maximum security prison. Convicted killer Paul Cannop, 28, tied up the metal padlock inside a sock to use as a makeshift cudgel behind bars at Perth Prison.

Baileys Irish Cream before getting behind the wheel and smashing into six parked cars worth over £100,000. Maria Mills, 39, then staggered from the wreckage and threw a punch at a witness. Passers-by were attacked by the drink driver when trying to remove her car keys to prevent further carnage.

An 83-year-old motorist who caused a motorway pile-up by driving at high speed on the wrong side of the road has been disqualified for three years.

prison officers and claimed he flew into a rage because he was being mocked for coming from Aberdeen.Jed Duncan, 25, lashed out at the officers because he didn't like the "banter" about his native city and felt he was picked on and treated unfairly.Duncan was jailed for a year yesterday after he admitted two separate assaults and being caught on two occasions with illicit mobile phones.Sheriff Neil Bowie added the year to the three years and four months Duncan had imposed at the High Court in Edinburgh last month for drug trafficking.Perth Sheriff Court was told that Duncan had been taken to Perth Prison and asked the prison officers if he could get a cushy job inside the jail.Fiscal depute David Currie told the court: "The accused

Perth Sheriff Court was told. Perth CAB launches new webchat to help reach all residentsPlans lodged for £3m project to transform Crieff church into luxury flatsFortunately he escaped with a small cut to the back of his head and did not need medical treatment, stated depute fiscal David Currie.

Dundee Sheriff Court on Monday, Leitch, 38, admitted stealing £4,500 from Isabella McLeod between 28 December, 2018, and 8 February, 2019.Fiscal depute David Currie told the court the matter came to light and when a check on the pensioner's account was carried out her savings had disappeared. He said Leitch had been a regular visitor to her grandmother's home and had taken the card and account details before embarking on the theft spree.Mr Currie said: "When the bank statements were checked they showed unauthorised cash withdrawal transactions."There were a number from 28 December to 8 February.