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Crown Office will meet shooting victim’s mum

THE CROWN Office have this week responded to a Blantyre mother who claimed the criminal justice system had let down her son. Read

Man is cleared over door attack claim

A HAMILTON man accused of assaulting a woman by hitting her head against a door has been cleared. Read

Anne Marie McKeown (left)

Jail for woman who pretended to have cancer

A WOMAN who conned her fiance out of £300,000 was this week jailed for two years and eight months. Read

Jail for man who punched and threatened woman with a knife

A MOTHERWELL man who threatened to cut a woman’s throat with a knife has been jailed for 100 days. Read

Cops in plea for cashline witness

POLICE were this week investigating claims that a woman robbed a teenager as he was withdrawing money from a cash machine. Read

Woman said she’d kill her neighbours

A HAMILTON woman was this week put on 15 months’ probation for threatening to kill near neighbours. Read

Man glassed in face over spilt drink

AN ARTERY in a man’s face was cut when he was hit with a glass in a Hamilton pub. Read

Probation for sex offender

A BELLSHILL man who committed a public indecency offence in Strathclyde Country Park has been put on probation. Read

Bottle attack denied

A 28-YEAR-OLD man last week denied leaving another man permanently disfigured after a bottle attack on a bus in Newhouse. Read

Knife horror victim slams soft sentence

A GOOD Samaritan slashed in a brutal and unprovoked attack this week called for tougher sentences for knife thugs. Read

Hamilton man jailed for assault

A HAMILTON man who punched another man at a Motherwell amusement park while on bail has been jailed for four months. Read

Jail for banned driver after M8 police chase

A BANNED Hamilton driver who led police on a hair-raising motorway chase as he tried to escape in a van while towing a caravan was this week jailed for three months. Read

I’ll kill myself, shoplifter told store detective

A HAMILTON man threatened to kill himself after being caught shoplifting in the town’s ASDA store. Read

Youth (17) charged with breaking into store four times

A RESIDENT of a Hamilton homeless unit has been charged with four times breaking into a town supermarket. Read

Three due in court

THREE men were scheduled to appear in court this week following a break-in at Tannochside Social Club. Read

Crimebeat

A 33-YEAR-old Motherwell man’s first-floor flat in Juno Street was robbed as he slept. Read

Drug dealer booted out of council house

A MUM-OF-THREE convicted of drug dealing is to be booted out of her Fairhill council house. Read

Woman in court

A HAMILTON woman is accused of threatening to stab a man in a town Co-op store with a potato peeler. Read

Protection racket woman is jailed

A HAMILTON security firm employee who threatened construction company staff to obtain contracts was this week jailed for 15 months. Read

Life for brutal thug who beat man to death

A DAD-of-one who beat a man to death in a horrific attack three hours after being released on bail from a court was last week jailed for life. Read

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