John Mclaughlan News Today

John-Paul McLaughlan, 53, has been jailed after stabbing his partner Stacey Warnock to death at their home in Airdrie and then leaving her body in the bath where it was found by work colleagues

John McLaughlan, 53, has been given a minimum of 17 years in prison for the murder of his partner, Stacey Warnock, in Airdrie

A THUG who murdered his partner in a "horrendous and brutal attack" confessed to cops: "I killed my soulmate". 

A CARELESS bus driver came within inches of knocking down a shaken pedestrian after running a red light in the centre of Greenock.

A CARELESS bus driver came within inches of knocking down a shaken pedestrian after running a red light in the centre of Greenock.

A CARELESS bus driver came within inches of knocking down a shaken pedestrian after running a red light in the centre of Greenock.

THERE appears to have been more than just a footballing decision behind the departure of Irvine Victoria attacker Francis Kope.

Our reporters have been sitting in courtrooms across the north and north-east this week and covered a wide variety of cases.

A GREENOCK man charged with making threats towards his former partner has had his bail order tailored - to allow him to retain joint custody of their pet dog. John McLaughlan, 52, had originally been told he had to stay away from his exs street in Branchton, but this was changed so that he can collect the animal from a third party there. His lawyer, Aidan Gallagher, told the sheriff court: "They share a dog and continue to share a dog, which he collects at the end of the street." The ba...