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WHAT HAPPENED ON 21st January 2001?
20th January 2001
NO TRIAL FOR BOY ACCUSED OF STABBING
An 11-year-old boy accused of stabbing a nine-year-old girl in a cinema car park in Edinburgh will not stand trial the Crown Office has confirmed. The boy was arrested after an incident outside the Fountainpark cinema complex last October. The case has been referred to the Children's Panel. This has the power to detain children in a secure unit or place them in the care of social services.
21st January 2001
NO TRIAL FOR BOY ACCUSED OF STABBING
An 11-year-old boy accused of stabbing a girl aged nine in Edinburgh will not face a court trial it has emerged. The young victim was abducted & knifed eight times in an underground car park near a cinema complex. The Crown Office has decided the case will be referred to the Children's Panel on advice from psychologists. The panel has the power to order the boy's detention in a secure unit or it can also release him into the care of social workers or his mother.
21st January 2001
"FUND ELDERLY CARE IN FULL": SUTHERLAND
The man who chaired the inquiry into long term care for the elderly in Scotland has warned the executive it must fund his recommendations in full. And Sir Stewart Sutherland has called on ministers to supply a timetable detailing when the demands will be met. Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Eye to Eye programme he also accused both Westminster & Holyrood of "prevarication" over the issue. An executive announcement on the subject is expected on Wednesday.
20th January 2001
NO TRIAL FOR BOY ACCUSED OF STABBING
An 11-year-old boy accused of stabbing a nine-year-old girl in a cinema car park in Edinburgh will not stand trial the Crown Office has confirmed. The boy was arrested after an incident outside the Fountainpark cinema complex last October. The case has been referred to the Children's Panel. This has the power to detain children in a secure unit or place them in the care of social services.
21st January 2001
NO TRIAL FOR BOY ACCUSED OF STABBING
An 11-year-old boy accused of stabbing a girl aged nine in Edinburgh will not face a court trial it has emerged. The young victim was abducted & knifed eight times in an underground car park near a cinema complex. The Crown Office has decided the case will be referred to the Children's Panel on advice from psychologists. The panel has the power to order the boy's detention in a secure unit or it can also release him into the care of social workers or his mother.
21st January 2001
DOCTOR RENEWS MMR VACCINE SAFETY DOUBTS
More doubts have been raised about the safety of the vaccine for measles mumps & rubella. There was not "adequate evidence of safety" said Dr Andrew Wakefield at London's Royal Free Hospital in a medical journal Adverse Drug Reactions Trials were too small & did not follow children up for a long enough period to gauge problems he said. The Department of Health has "totally rejected" the research.
20th January 2001
ISRAELI WHO KILLED BOY AVOIDS JAIL TERM
A Jewish settler who beat a 10-year-old Palestinian boy to death in the West Bank has been sentenced to six months community service. The Israeli court said a plea-bargain was reached with Nahum Kurman who said he did not mean to kill Hilmi Shousha. The settlement security chief beat the boy's head with a pistol butt after stones were thrown at Jewish settlers. Mr Kurman escaped a sentence of up to 20 years for murder.
21st January 2001
NO TRIAL FOR BOY ACCUSED OF STABBING
An 11-year-old boy accused of stabbing a girl aged nine in Edinburgh will not face a court trial it has emerged. The young victim was abducted & knifed eight times in an underground car park near a cinema complex. The Crown Office has decided the case will be referred to the Children's Panel on advice from psychologists. The panel has the power to order the boy's detention in a secure unit or it can also release him into the care of social workers or his mother.
21st January 2001
PAEDOPHILE CHARGED AFTER ARSON PROBE
A Welsh paedophile whose sentence was cut after a judge learned vigilantes had torched his home has been charged with starting the fire. Roger Gardener 56 was found guilty of sex attacks on girls in a St John's Ambulance group run by his nurse wife. On hearing of the fire Cardiff Crown Court cut his sentence out of sympathy. Police have now charged him with arson after a probe into the blaze at his home in Fleur-de-Lys near Blackwood.
20th January 2001
NO TRIAL FOR BOY ACCUSED OF STABBING
An 11-year-old boy accused of stabbing a nine-year-old girl in a cinema car park in Edinburgh will not stand trial the Crown Office has confirmed. The boy was arrested after an incident outside the Fountainpark cinema complex last October. The case has been referred to the Children's Panel. This has the power to detain children in a secure unit or place them in the care of social services.
21st January 2001
NO TRIAL FOR BOY ACCUSED OF STABBING
An 11-year-old boy accused of stabbing a girl aged nine in Edinburgh will not face a court trial it has emerged. The young victim was abducted & knifed eight times in an underground car park near a cinema complex. The Crown Office has decided the case will be referred to the Children's Panel on advice from psychologists. The panel has the power to order the boy's detention in a secure unit or it can also release him into the care of social workers or his mother.
21st January 2001
DRIVE FOR CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE LAUNCHED
A drive to make better discipline in Scotland's classrooms a top priority has been launched by Education Minister Jack McConnell. Warning disruptive behaviour should be a concern for everyone he urged parents to work with schools to find ways of improving discipline. He made the call in Edinburgh where the first meeting was held today of a "task group" set up for that purpose. The group will look at existing priorities & consider improvements.
20th January 2001
TEEN RAPIST DETAINED FOR SIX YEARS
A 13-year-old who abducted & raped a teenage girl at knifepoint has been detained for six years & placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life. The boy who sat in the dock with his mother stopped his 15-year-old victim as she went to see friends & produced a knife Cardiff Crown Court heard. He marched her through fields in Fairwater Cardiff before raping her. Since the attack in April the girl had become a "semi-recluse" the judge said
21st January 2001
NO TRIAL FOR BOY ACCUSED OF STABBING
An 11-year-old boy accused of stabbing a girl aged nine in Edinburgh will not face a court trial it has emerged. The young victim was abducted & knifed eight times in an underground car park near a cinema complex. The Crown Office has decided the case will be referred to the Children's Panel on advice from psychologists. The panel has the power to order the boy's detention in a secure unit or it can also release him into the care of social workers or his mother.
21st January 2001
FAMILY PLEA AFTER MAN'S BRUTAL KILLING
Joan Milroy the daughter of a murdered OAP has made a heart-rending appeal for help in finding the killer. Archibald Jeffrey of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries & Galloway was found on the banks of the River Dee in the town. Detectives said Mr Jeffery 82 had been out walking his dog when was murdered only yards from his home. A spokesman said a post mortem had revealed the pensioner was the victim of a serious assault & that he died as a result of his injuries.
20th January 2001
INSURANCE COLLAPSE RAISES CLAIMS FEARS
Fears have been voiced that thousands of shipyard workers suffering asbestos illnesses could miss out on cash after an insurance company collapsed. Chester Street Insurance Holdings said it could not pay claims prompting the alert over compensation. Fears were raised by Frank Maguire a lawyer representing claimants. He fears an estimated 5 000 Scots may lose out. He said the firm is provisionally liquidated & could no longer afford to pay out claims.
21st January 2001
NO TRIAL FOR BOY ACCUSED OF STABBING
An 11-year-old boy accused of stabbing a girl aged nine in Edinburgh will not face a court trial it has emerged. The young victim was abducted & knifed eight times in an underground car park near a cinema complex. The Crown Office has decided the case will be referred to the Children's Panel on advice from psychologists. The panel has the power to order the boy's detention in a secure unit or it can also release him into the care of social workers or his mother.
21st January 2001
EXECUTIVE AGREES TO AUDIT AT BISHOPTON
The Scottish Executive has agreed to hold an independent audit into the proposed closure of the Royal Ordnance Factory at Bishopton. Enterprise Minister Wendy Alexander has accepted a call from unions to have the National Audit Office investigate the viability of the plant. The 270 workers at the plant have spent the past two years living under the threat of closure. The Renfrewshire site makes missile propellant for the Ministry of Defence.
