Legal news from the Scottish press

Man Jailed Over Sock-Throwing  - Daily Record
A MAN who hurled his rolled-up socks at a criminal justice worker and demanded she wash them was yesterday jailed for 15 months.

Police in ‘uncharted territory’ regarding extremism - The Herald
More must be done to get inside the heads of potential violent extremists, Britain's top counter-terrorism police officer said yesterday. Further insights are needed to spot how vulnerable people are radicalised and corrupted, according to Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick, who is responsible for Scotland Yard's specialist operations branch.

They fitted tag on my FALSE leg! - The Sun
TAGGED Bret Ravenhill spent three months fighting the urge to break his curfew — after the tracking device was fitted to his FALSE LEG.

Jolanta's murderer a 'Hannibal Lecter' as verdict due - The Scotsman
A JURY will be asked today to decide whether the "gruesome and brutal" murder of a Lithuanian farm worker had been the crime of only one man, or whether he had an accomplice. The prosecution at the High Court in Edinburgh urged the ten women and five men on the jury to believe the word of the self-confessed killer.

Within these walls … £300,000 plan will bring Mozart opera to prisoners - The Herald
IT could be seen as the last word in captive audiences. Scottish Opera is to perform in Scotland's prisons in a £300,000 project to help inmates become more attracted to learning and developing self-confidence.

Number of house buyers lowest for 35 years - The Scotsman
THE number of people buying a home has fallen to its lowest level since 1974 because of the mortgage shortage. Figures released yesterday by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) showed that only 516,000 mortgages were taken out last year – 49 per cent down on 2007.