Welcome to the Daily Record's Wednesday briefing.The top stories you need to know today include a crack-fuelled murderer who knifed a Scots gran 25 times, the gangster claiming one of Scotland's most notorious gangland feuds began over stolen drug stash, and the product Sainsbury's shoppers are loving.Here are the latest headlines from Scotland and beyond.A violent drug user who brutally murdered a grandmother in a frenzied knife attack at her flat was jailed for life today.Crack cocaine -fuelled Norman Duncan stabbed Margaret Robertson, 54, at least 25 times during the fatal assault.
A judge told Duncan, 43: "This was a sustained and merciless attack inflicted upon a defenceless woman in her home." Lord Harrower ordered at the High Court in Edinburgh that the murderer must serve 20 years in prison before he is eligible to seek parole.
Read more. Gangster Ian "Blink" MacDonald has claimed one of Scotland's most notorious gangland feuds began over a stolen drug stash.
The convicted bank robber said Paul Ferris, 58, asked him to sell a consignment worth tens of thousands of pounds which actually belonged to Arthur Thompson snr.
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