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06 Mar 2009

Legal news roundup 6 March

Sex beast makes mockery of justice after firing 13 lawyers to delay prison sentence - Daily Record
A SAVAGE sex attacker has sacked 13 sets of defence lawyers in a brass necked bid to avoid being sentenced for raping an 18-year-old girl. Evil John Munro fires his legal team every time he faces a sentencing hearing. The coward has been using the scam to cheat justice for more than a year.

Forcing staff to stop work at 65 is legal, says EU court - The Scotsman
AGE equality campaigners last night vowed to continue the battle to banish Britain's compulsory retirement age, after European judges declared it legal – under certain circumstances.

Tommy Sheridan quits law course to focus on perjury fight - Daily Record
TOMMY Sheridan has quit his law course so he can concentrate on fighting perjury charges against him in court. Sheridan won a place on the two-year course at Strathclyde University after failing to get elected at the 2007 Holyrood elections.

Police raid 140 sites in security firm blitz-  The Herald
The UK's biggest single crackdown on rogue security companies has been staged amid evidence that private Glasgow-based firms with links to criminality are spreading their base of operations throughout Scotland.

Terror cop's kit nicked from car - The Sun
A TOP anti-terror cop faces a grilling by bosses after his kit bag was STOLEN from his car. Detective Sergeant Ian Lusk — who oversaw security in Edinburgh during the G8 summit at Gleneagles in 2005 — the left the gear in the back of his motor after a shift.

Kenny Richey cleared of masked attack - The Herald
Freed Death Row Scot Kenny Richey was yesterday cleared of a masked attack on a man after charges against him were dropped.
Richey, 44, who spent more than two decades awaiting execution in the US for a fatal arson attack, was accused of beating Robert McCall, 64, with a baton in Edinburgh.

Joy for teenager as his policeman attacker is jailed for six months - Daily Record
A POLICEMAN who attacked a teenager and wiped footage of the assault from the boy's mobile phone was jailed yesterday.
Constable Brian Carswell, who pinned David Shields, 16, against a wall and grabbed him by the throat, was given a six-month sentence.



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