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A thug broke a fellow reveller’s jaw and knocked him unconscious during a rammy on the dancefloor of a Scots nightclub.

A pervert was caught with a sick haul of child sex abuse images after a police raid on his home.

A drug dealer has been jailed for 18 months for selling cocaine to his own aunt.

A Scots pervert caught collecting child abuse images over eight years confessed to cops about his sick “sexual desire” toward young girls.

A cyclist had to grab a knife blade with both hands to avoid being stabbed by an attacker who pounced on him on a Scots bridge.

A thug once dubbed ‘Scotland’s Worst Teenager’ has been jailed for 12 months after being caught in possession of a kitchen knife.

iOS - Android Taylor, 45, admitted assaulting the woman at her home in Pembroke, East Kilbride, on August 31 last year.He was jailed for three years and four months in December for the vicious attack.Taylor appeared from custody via video link at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday as the Crown's request for a non-harassment order was granted.Sheriff Linda Nicolson told him: “Given the severity of the matter, I consider a lengthy order is required.”The 10-year order covers the female victim and a teenage girl who witnessed the aftermath of the attack.The court heard previously that his partner at the time had placed a bet for Taylor using her online account.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said: "She uploaded £10 and the accused placed the bet

Edinburgh city centre, assaulting and spitting on staff.Hassan Fallah was caught by cops with a kitchen knife beside the Marks & Spencers outlet in the city’s Princes Street.In another incident at the Sainsbury’s branch in St Andrew Square he attacked workers and spat at them.The 21-year-old spit and struggled with staff at a Sainsbury’s Local on Morrison Street.And he punched the store manager in the head at the Co-op on the same street.Fallah appeared via prison video link at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday and pled guilty to eight charges.Fiscal depute Jennifer McLaren told how Fallah went into the Sainsbury’s Local on June 7 last year where he was approached by security guard Paul Donald.Ms McLaren said Fallah “immediately lashed

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Cambusnethan man caught with nearly 50,000 child abuse images has been jailed for nine months. Cameron Logan claimed he’d been viewing the vile material since the age of 12.Police said the pictures recovered were among the worst they’d ever seen.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A man caught with a petrol bomb that contained nails has been jailed for 16 months.The device was seized by police who raced to Alexander Gibb’s Larkhall home after reports that shots were being fired from a window.Hamilton Sheriff Court heard this week that he gave no good reason for being in possession of the petrol bomb and an air rifle.Gibb, 23, appeared from custody via videolink and admitted an offence under the Explosive Substances Act.He also admitted having an air rifle without a certificate at his home in Nairn Street on July 31.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said police got an anonymous call shortly after 6pm.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Two men have been sentenced after a drinker was attacked at a Motherwell pub.Craig Livingstone hit the man with a glass of beer and a bar stool.The assault continued outside the War Office in Milton Street where the man ended up on the ground and was kicked by James Bissett.Livingstone, 33, of Clydesdale Court, New Stevenston, was last month, put under supervision for a year and ordered to pay the victim £750 in compensation.He must also do 200 hours of unpaid community work.Livingstone admitted assaulting the man to his severe injury on August 4 last year.The victim had 22 staples put in head wounds.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, told Hamilton Sheriff

link.Taylor, 44, admitted assaulting his former partner to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement at her home in Pembroke, East Kilbride, on August 31.Court heard how the previous afternoon Taylor had asked his partner to take him to a bookmakers to place his “usual bet”.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said: “She told him to place an online bet using her account.“She uploaded £10 and the accused placed the bet and won £50,000.”The nature of the bet is not known, but the couple went out to a pub to celebrate.Court heard how the victim’s 18-year-old son noticed the pair were both “heavily intoxicated and bickering”.Around 2am the couple argued again and the victim ordered Taylor to leave the house.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A hospital patient who claimed to have Covid-19 coughed in the faces of police officers saying he’d hoped to infect them and their children too.Motherwell man Colin McPherson, who now says he’s embarrassed by his actions, was jailed for 15 months at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.He admitted assaulting four police officers by coughing at them in a treatment room at University Hospital Wishaw on August 18.McPherson, 40, also admitted kicking one of the officers in the groin and behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said police were called to Muirhouse Tower, Motherwell, around 3pm.Paramedics there were struggling to

Cambuslang home has been jailed for nearly two years.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A householder wrapped in a duvet chased a knife-wielding raider from his Motherwell home after his cat raised the alarm.Intruder Christopher Dundas had appeared in Dylan Wotherspoon’s bedroom demanding money in the early hours of the morning.Mr Wotherspoon and his partner, John Boyle, both 26, were asleep but were wakened by their pet cat.Dundas, 31, was jailed for 22 months by a sheriff who said he’d put the couple through a “terrifying” experience.He admitted assault, attempted robbery and theft of a knife at the flat on February 9.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said Dundas was known to the couple and lived close to them.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A pervy pensioner who wanted to engage in underage sex was trapped by paedophile hunters.William Main thought he’d arranged a rendezvous with a girl aged 13 and was willing to pay for the ‘privilege’.But he was arrested after vigilantes turned up at his home in Fife Drive, Motherwell.Main, 67, now of Marshall Lane, Wishaw, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.He admitted arranging to meet up for sex with a person he believed to be a young girl.Main also admitted sending indecent messages and images to this person.The court heard the sting by the group Maximum Exposure UK happened between November 25 and 30 last year.Jennifer McLaren,

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A drug-fuelled driver reversed his girlfriend’s car into a police vehicle after a high-speed chase through Blantyre and Uddingston.Mel Rae was jailed for 13 months after what even his lawyer admitted was an “outrageous” piece of driving.Rae, 28, who was supposed to be serving a five-year ban at the time, was also disqualified for a further six years.Hamilton Sheriff Court heard on Friday that, fortunately, no one was injured during the chase.Rae, a prisoner, admitted driving dangerously while unfit through drugs, driving while disqualified, failing to stop for the police and having no insurance.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said police officers saw the

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A householder wrapped in a duvet chased a knife-wielding raider from his Motherwell home after his cat raised the alarm.Intruder Christopher Dundas had appeared in Dylan Wotherspoon’s bedroom demanding money in the early hours of the morning.Mr Wotherspoon and his partner, John Boyle, both 26, were asleep but were wakened by their pet cat.Dundas, 31, was jailed for 22 months by a sheriff who said he’d put the couple through a “terrifying” experience.He admitted assault, attempted robbery and theft of a knife at the flat on February 9.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said Dundas was known to the couple and lived close to their Arran Road flat.He broke in

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A knife-wielding thug ordered a tanning salon owner to lie down and robbed her of cash.The woman thought Jonathan Elliott was a customer when he turned up at the Motherwell premises.But he brandished a kitchen knife and put her through a terrifying ordeal, Hamilton Sheriff Court was told on Friday.Elliott, 31, of High Coats, Coatbridge, was jailed for 21 months.He admitted robbing the woman of £130 at Kilgours in Merry Street on June 7 last year.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said: “She was awaiting her next customer and heard someone come in about 4.40pm. She thought it was the customer.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A KNIFE-WIELDING Coatbridge man ordered a tanning salon owner to lie down and robbed her of cash.The terrified woman thought Jonathan Elliott was a customer when he turned up at the Motherwell premises.But he brandished a kitchen knife and put her through a terrifying ordeal, Hamilton Sheriff Court heard last week.Elliott, 31, of High Coats, was jailed for 21 months after he admitted robbing the woman of £130 at Kilgours on June 7 last year.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said: "She was awaiting her next customer and heard someone come in about 4.40pm.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A Wishaw man woke up his partner in the early hours of the morning and attacked her.Greig Owen punched the woman then hit her on the back of the head with an extendable metal baton.Owen, 45, appeared from custody via videolink at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.He admitted assaulting the woman at a house in Innerleithen Drive, Coltness, on May 16.Allegations that he kicked her and restricted her breathing were removed from the charge.Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, said the couple have been in an on-off relationship for 26 years and have a grown-up son.She told the court: “The woman was wakened at 2am by the accused pulling her from the bed.“She