Sharon Frew
Chief Reporter at STV News
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1 day ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew
A Scottish nurse jailed for life for murdering four elderly patients is to pursue grounds for his case to be heard at the Supreme Court after losing his appeals against the convictions. Colin Campbell, formerly known as Colin Norris, was found guilty 17 years ago of killing the women and of attempting to murder a fifth, by injecting them with insulin.
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2 days ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew
A fraudster who imported tea from abroad and sold it on as Scottish-grown has been jailed for three and a half years. Thomas Robinson spun elaborate lies and tricked customers, including luxury hotels, into paying premium prices for tea he claimed he produced in Perthshire. He was found guilty of fraud totalling more than £1.5m.
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3 days ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew |Isabel Hunter
Many shops and businesses across Scotland are now using new CCTV technology to try to catch and deter thieves in real time It comes as new statistics show a 16% rise in shoplifting across Scotland Police Scotland is also considering using a system that uses facial recognition to spot criminals But campaigners believe it could worsen racial profiling and raises huge ‘big brother’ privacy concerns Civil liberties groups say facial recognition poses a threat to civil liberties and risks creating...
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3 days ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew
There’s been a 16% rise in shoplifting in the past year and many shops and businesses across Scotland are now using new CCTV technology to try to catch and deter the thieves in real time. The police are also considering using a similar system which uses facial recognition to spot criminals. But, those campaigning against that say the system could worsen racial profiling and raises huge “big brother” privacy concerns.
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1 week ago |
news.stv.tv | Sharon Frew
Viewers may find some of the details in this report distressing. It’s a horrific and brutal murder of a 21 year old woman – her name, Phoenix Spencer Horn. And today the full extent of her killer’s actions and his attempts to cover up his crimes were laid before a High Court. The man who has admitted murdering Phoenix and mutilating her body was her partner, Ewan Methven. He then repeatedly sent texts to his girlfriend’s mother, pretending to be her.
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