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| In brief... Suspicious death investigated Lothian and Borders Police are treating as suspicious the death of a 19-year-old man in Livingstone. He was seriously injured during a fight between two groups of youths at the Deerpark Service station around midnight on Friday. The teenager died a short time later in hospital. Police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them ========================================== 12 years for stabbing A man has been jailed for twelve-and-a-half years for stabbing a partially blind pensioner from Peterhead. Christopher Robertson, 23, admitted attempting to murder the woman while robbing her of £50 in the shop where she worked. The High court in Aberdeen heard Robertson was high on horse tranquilisers and heroin at the time. Maimie Strachan could now lose her other eye as a result of the stabbing. When told what he had done Robertson said he should be "hung drawn and quartered". ========================================== Peace move in 'bus wars' Moves are being made to end Edinburgh's "bus wars". First Edinburgh has announced it is withdrawing from two of the four routes where rivals Lothian Buses also operate. Lothian Buses said the move meant it could afford to reintroduce previously reduced services. Competition between the two companies on busy routes had forced many cutbacks on out-of-hours and less popular services and prompted an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading. ========================================== Divers find body in city loch The body of a man believed to have robbed a filling station in Glasgow has been recovered from the city's Hogganfield Loch. Strathclyde Police said that officers spotted the man entering the water at about 2300 GMT on Thursday. Police called the man back and threw him buoyancy aids, but their pleas were ignored. A police helicopter was scrambled along with rescue teams from Strathclyde Fire Brigade and the Glasgow Humane Society. Divers found the man's body in the early hours of Friday morning. 19th January 2002 |
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