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Stonehaven derailment fatal accident inquiry could last nine weeks, court told

Three people were killed in the incident during bad weather near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, in August 2020.

The Independent UK

Inquiry into Stonehaven derailment which killed three could last 12 weeks

The incident occurred during torrential rain in August 2020.

Evening Standard

Network Rail admits failings over fatal crash amid ‘biblical’ weather

Train driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury died in the crash.

The Independent UK

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Passenger was killed in Stonehaven derailment on wedding anniversary

The wife of Christopher Stuchbury said they had been ‘robbed of our future together’.

The Independent UK

Twins hit charity cyclist with truck then hid body in carcass pit, Glasgow court told

Disappearance of Tony Parsons in 2017 finally resolved after Alexander McKellar took girlfriend to burial site

The Guardian - UK

Drink-driver confessed to partner he buried body of 2017 hit-and-run victim

Body of Tony Parsons was found on a Highland estate three years after A82 collision

The Independent UK

West Lothian motorcyclist and car driver killed mum while speeding on busy road

Sadler's motorbike struck the car that had gone into the right hand lane and De Monerri then came upon the collision and struck another motorcycle before hitting the Audi car driven by Mrs Reid.

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Woman admits killing her newborn baby with clingfilm after conviction overturned

A conviction of murder was overturned on appeal

Wales Online

Woman admits killing baby with cling film after wrongful murder conviction

Ineta Dzinguviene pleaded guilty to the culpable homicide of her son after new evidence showed her to be of diminished responsibility at the time.

The Independent UK

Mum admits killing newborn baby after murder conviction overturned

At the High Court in Edinburgh today, Ineta Dzinguviene was told she will remain in custody until sentencing.

Daily Record

Ex-MP Natalie McGarry’s lawyers contest conviction over ‘prejudicial tweets’

Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk, said a decision would be made ‘as soon as possible’.

The Independent UK

Brave girl rescued from Andrew Innes' Dundee home helped cops snare killer with key evidence

Police detectives found the seven-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in the software engineer’s house watching cartoons.

Daily Record

Murder accused tells jury he was ‘apocalyptically angry’ when he killed woman

Andrew Innes, 52, admits killing Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her daughter Jellica, two, but denies murdering them.

The Independent UK

Duo cleared of killing new Lanarkshire mum by supplying her with high purity cocaine

Barry McAuley and Martin Stewart were found not guilty of the culpable homicide of Rebecca Tollan

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Men cleared of supplying 'high-purity' cocaine to new mum Rebecca Tollan who later died

Barry McAuley, 40, and Martin Stewart, 34, were found not guilty of killing a new mum by supplying her with high-purity cocaine on her first night out since giving birth.

Daily Record

Two men cleared of killing new Scots mum by supplying her with high purity cocaine

Barry McAuley, 40, and Martin Stewart, 34, were found not guilty of the culpable homicide of Rebecca Tollan, 23, at the High Court in Glasgow.

Irish Mirror

New mum 'died after taking cocaine' on first night out after giving birth

Rebecca Tollan passed away on her first night out after giving birth at a house in Bellshill, Lanarkshire

The Guardian - UK

Man guilty of murdering secret lover and their son near Inverness in 1976

Circumstantial evidence enough to convict William MacDowell, now 80, of killing Renee and Andrew MacRae

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The Independent UK

Accused the only man with motive to kill pair, court told

William MacDowell denies all charges against him.

The Independent UK

Wife of Renee MacRae accused told police: ‘I never stabbed her’, court told

William MacDowell, of Penrith in Cumbria, denies killing his son Andrew MacRae and the child’s 36-year-old mother Renee MacRae in November 1976.

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