All news by author: Rory Cassidy

Alan Lawson, 36, died in hospital after being brutally assaulted while being held hostage - with the attack reportedly shared on Snapchat as Police Scotland have launched a murder probe

Alan Lawson was brutally assaulted and then left for dead at his home in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, on Sunday, it is believed - and died of his injuries in hospital two days later

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Barry Wallace, 13, was first knocked to the ground by a train's metal footstep at Prestwick Town Station, Ayrshire, and then hit again on the head leaving him with a shattered skull and paralysed

The disabled pensioner died on December 7, nine days after his fall at Edinburgh Airport in the Ingliston area of the city, an incident being investigated by Police Scotland

Ayesha was 18 and studying Music Business when she found a lump which was initially dismissed as glandular fever - but later turned out to be an aggressive form of cancer

Peter Allen, who was caged in 2009 for the brutal slaying of dad-of-five Raymond Black, set upon notorious Paul Lyons at Perth Prison in a vicious jail brawl

One hilarious photo captured the bizarre moment two seeming doppelgangers sat next to one another on a train through Scotland, with the men dressed alike, with the same glasses, haircut and more

The cash was stolen from the memorial room at Tundergarth Church, near Lockerbie, on Friday, with police obtaining CCTV of the thief in action

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Warren Soulsby was clearing a section of the highway when the UK's only venomous snake hiding in a beer bottle bites him

Serial child abuser Claire Boyle says she had to move to escape partner Timothy Johnstone, after they were spared jail for child neglect

David Yates, 36, had nicknamed his partner Marelle Sturrock, 35, his 'Luthien' - a Lord of the Rings character who, chillingly, was involved in a doomed double death

Sam Brodie, who won an army of fans on Big Brother 7, racked up a £4,000 bill after hiring an luxury limo to be taken around shops and hotels in London, it has been claimed

William Paterson, 43, was pictured handcuffed to a male officer while attending a funeral for his father the at Glasgow Crematorium - he's currently serving a life sentence