Welcome to Saturday's daily lunchtime briefing.Today's top stories include - a man who brutally beat his girlfriend to death before leaving to buy cannabis, a woman who 'froze in fear' after sexually assaulted and snowy weather as temperatures drop across Scotland.
A court heard how a man beat his girlfriend to death then went to purchase cannabis. Kevin Ashton, 45, left Helen Joy with a total of 121 external injuries then proceeded to claim that she inflicted them upon herself. Read more. A doorman who sexually assaulted a sleeping woman has been handed a prison sentence.
The victim woke up to find Jason Sanderson, 27, touching her breasts and bottom, at which point the "stunned" female froze and pretended to still be sleeping. Read more.
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