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Pensioners consider using crime to get ‘an easy life’

INCREASING numbers of elderly Scots being charged with criminal offences has been blamed on high poverty levels. The pensioner ‘crime wave’ was revealed in figures...

Man appears in court over sexual assault charges

By Cara Sulieman A MAN has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting young girls in his own shop. Mohammed Asghar, 56, faces four charges of...

Student digs charges have gone up by almost a fifth

By Christine Lavelle ACCOMMODATION at Scotland’s universities is more expensive than it has ever been – soaring past the £200 a week mark. The most expensive...

Bank boss swindled cash from dead man, disabled pensioners and her own neighbour

By Michael MacLeod A SHAMELESS bank manager took over £36,000 from customers including a dead man, a disabled elderly couple and one of her...

A penny overdrawn leaves student £48 in the red

By Cara Sulieman A STUDENT has been hit with a £48 bank charge for slipping into her overdraft – by A PENNY. Cash-strapped Julia Turner thought...

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