Grant McCabe

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News Reporter at The Daily Mirror

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Glasgow sex attacker raped woman he met on Tinder dating app

1 day ago | glasgowtimes.co.uk | Grant McCabe

High Court in Glasgow (Image: Newsquest) A SERIAL sex attacker faces extra jail-time for raping a woman he met on Tinder. Rian Hood put the victim through a horror ordeal during a campaign of abuse at his hands. The 34-year-old ex-clothes shop supervisor denied being physically or sexually violent - even claiming in a bizarre video clip that the woman had instead hurt him.
Man who raped missing 12-year-old has sentence cut for guilty plea

1 day ago | heraldscotland.com | Grant McCabe

Police Scotland (Image: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire) A sex predator who raped a missing 12 year-old girl has been jailed for five years. Erick Fragnito exploited the youngster at his then home in Burntisland, Fife in June 2023. The 27 year-old later claimed he thought the child was older than she was. Fragnito today appeared at the High Court in Glasgow, admitting to charges of sexual assault and rape. Lord Mulholland cut the term from six years due to the guilty plea.
Jailed for 29 years, four men behind 'corrosive' campaign of corruption that drained NHS of millions

2 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Grant McCabe

Four men behind a £6.5million campaign of corruption and bribery at health boards across Scotland have been jailed for a total of 29 years. Their crimes involved the awarding of lucrative NHS contracts to an Ayrshire telecoms firm set up in a garden shed. Jurors heard details of widespread corruption, including managers being bribed into awarding large contracts with gifts worth tens of thousands of pounds.
Four men jailed over £6m contract fraud at NHS health boards

2 days ago | thetimes.com | Grant McCabe

Four men convicted after a £6 million corruption and bribery scheme at health boards across Scotland have been jailed. The group were found guilty in April following investigations into the award of lucrative NHS contracts to an Ayrshire-based telecommunications firm. Adam Sharoudi, 41, and Gavin Brown, 48, ran Oricom Ltd, a firm that effectively began from a garden shed before going on to secure large deals.
Fraudsters behind £6m NHS Scotland corruption and bribery scandal jailed for 29 years

2 days ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Grant McCabe |Sally Hind

The group were found guilty in April following investigations into the award of lucrative NHS contracts to an Ayrshire–based telecommunications firm, Oricom. Four men convicted after a £6m corruption and bribery probe at health boards across Scotland have been jailed for a total of 29 years. The group had been found guilty in April following investigations into the award of lucrative NHS contracts to an Ayrshire – based telecommunications firm.
Thug chewed off part of man's nose after Douglas bus attack

3 days ago | glasgowtimes.co.uk | Grant McCabe

High Court in Glasgow (Image: Newsquest) A thug chewed off part of a man's nose after attacking him on a bus. Barry Little, 33, had initially been out walking his child in a pram when he met Craig Connor at a bus stop in Douglas, Lanarkshire last August 12. The pair were known to each other and Little said: "Alright?" Little then gave him a cigarette before appearing to head home.
Former Tayside teacher back behind bars for pupil sexual abuse

4 days ago | original106.co.uk | Grant McCabe |Alan Richardson

A former teacher from Tayside is back behind bars after admitting to the repeated abuse of a pupil. Andrew Wilson preyed on the teenage girl in the early 1980s, often leaving her in tears. The now-78-year-old was a Latin teacher at the time at a secondary school in Angus, as well as the leader of the school’s hillwalking club. Wilson was jailed for three years in 2021 for the serial abuse of three boys.
Former teacher back behind bars for abuse of then pupil

4 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Grant McCabe

The now 78-year-old was a Latin teacher at the time at a secondary in Angus as well as the leader of the school's hillwalking club. Wilson was jailed for three years in 2021 for the serial abuse of three boys. It was media reports of that case which led this latest victim to also bravely go to police and report her ordeal from 40 years ago. Wilson today pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to the repeated indecent assault of the then girl between 1981 and 1984.
'You will pay a heavy price': Pair used weapons to assault four strangers in Glasgow

4 days ago | glasgowtimes.co.uk | Grant McCabe

Image of knife (Image: Image of knife) A pair of knife thugs guilty of "gratuitous violence" on four strangers in less than two hours have been jailed for a total of 14 and a half years. Declan Fulton, 27, and Brandon Paterson, 22, struck late at night in Glasgow city centre last July. One man was left with a horror facial wound for not having cigarettes to give them. Paterson was subject to five different bail orders at the time of the crimes.
Jury convicts ex-children home manager who preyed on 10 victims and raped girl

5 days ago | glasgowtimes.co.uk | Grant McCabe

Glasgow High Court (Image: Glasgow High Court) A former children's home manager has been convicted of historical abuse of a string of traumatised youngsters. Edward Stanton preyed on a total of 10 victims including raping one girl. Jurors heard how at least one boy tried to raise the alarm what was happening, but that the accusations were "brushed under the carpet". The abuse occurred at three different children's homes in Lanarkshire.