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GUILTY Scots predator who choked & sexually assaulted young Japanese tourist after forcing his way into her Airbnb found guilty Vic Rodrick Updated: 10 May 2021, 18:43 A SEXUAL predator has been convicted of strangling and sexually assaulting a young Japanese tourist on the second day of her trip to Scotland. Kevin Turner had denied forcing his way into the 24-year-old’s Airbnb flat and attacking her with intent to rape her in a terrifying hour-long ordeal. 4 Kevin Turner choked and sexually...

Japanese tourist tells of stranger trying to strangle and sexually assault her at Airbnb flat in Musselburgh Livingston High Court A YOUNG Japanese tourist has told a court that a strange man subjected her to a terrifying ordeal during a visit to Scotland. Giving evidence via a video link from the Japanese Ministry of Justice in Tokyo, the 24-year-old woman claimed her attacker burst into her Airbnb flat in Musselburgh and tried to strangle her. He then pushed her to the floor, where he p...

Vic Rodrick Updated: 21:36, 29 Apr 2021 A FORMER soldier has been found guilty of raping a schoolgirl 25 years ago. William Whyte, 48, was told a jail sentence was "inevitable" after he was convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl on the upstairs landing in his home in Polbeth, West Lothian, when he was 23. 2 William Whyte raped at 15-year-old on a landing in his home when he was 23 The paedo claimed he was innocent because his victim didn’t know he had a bright red love heart tattoo on his pen...

msandersmusic Church leaders in the Republic of Ireland have slammed its Government for temporarily making public worship a criminal offence. The country’s four Roman Catholic Archbishops are seeking legal advice after they said the Health Minister “clandestinely” introduced the ban last week. The measures outlaw services with congregations, except for weddings and funerals, and a breach of the law could result in up to six months imprisonment. The restrictions are due to be reviewed on 4...

FOR much of the past year, it has been illegal for the people of Scotland to go to church in person. That strange reality ended abruptly last week…

Christians left ‘in deep crisis’ by closure of churches in lockdown By James Mulholland STOPPING public religious worship during the pandemic has placed Christians in Scotland into a “deep crisis” and the Government is responsible of a “failure of candour” about why it closed churches, a court has heard. Advocate Janys Scott QC told judge Lord Braid that the pandemic has highlighted a “irreconcilable conflict” which believers have between obeying the State and God. ...

The hearing is taking place virtually at the Court of Session in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Scottish Government was required to take extreme measures to tackle coronavirus while trying to strike a balance over personal freedoms, a court has been told. A group of 27 church leaders lau...

A group of 27 church leaders has been granted permission for a judicial review over the closure of places of worship in Scotland under recent Covid-19 measures.

A Glasgow priest has launched a legal action to stop a north-south divide on the right to worship during lockdown.

Priest plans legal action over church closures Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A priest plans to launch legal action against the Scottish Government over lockdown church closures. Canon Tom White, of St Alphonsus RC Church in the Calton area of Glasgow, has issued a pre-action letter to the Government demanding it lifts lockdow...