They include a ‘dangerous predator’ who sexually abused two women over a period of 11 years, and an Amazon driver who stabbed a traffic warden during an argument.
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While, a 24-year-old man who inhaled laughing gas and killed an elderly woman while speeding in his car was jailed for three years and seven months.
And a man who tried to smuggle cocaine worth £5.6 million into Edinburgh Airport was jailed for 10 years last month.
9. Man sexually abused young boy during night time beach visits
Morgan Sinclair, 26, molested a child while the pair sat in his vehicle at a car park near the beach at Port Seton in East Lothian. Sinclair also took the lad down to the secluded beach area and used a torch while attempting to touch him intimately as the boy urinated, all while he was looking after the youngster. He also sent the young victim sexual messages on social media asking if he had gone through puberty and trying to gain information on his sexual experiences, all between 2020 and 2022. Sinclair, of Dalkeith, Midlothian, also made vile sexual remarks to a second child concerning erections, masturbation and discussing the size of the boy’s penis. Sinclair denied all the allegations against him but was found guilty of three sexual offences by a jury following a four day trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in March. Sheriff Julius Komorowski jailed Sinclair for a total of three years and placed him on the sex offenders register for an indefinite period. He was also given non-harassment orders banning him from having any contact with both victims for the next five years. | Alexander Lawrie
10. Man beat girlfriend with vacuum cleaner pipe
An Edinburgh man who battered his girlfriend and her neighbour in a fit of jealousy has been jailed after he was caught trying to board a train back to his home city. Bobby Keogh had met the woman online around three and a half months before he moved from the Scottish capital to Whinmoor Way in Stanks - a small village on the outskirts of Leeds - to be with her. But the 27-year-old soon became unable to deal with his jealousy over her ex-partner. Fearing Keogh would become violent, the woman phoned her neighbour and asked her to come round to the house before also phoning the police. Keogh then started lashing out, punching both women to the head and face. He even grabbed a kitchen knife at one point but quickly dropped it. He then picked up the pipe from a vacuum cleaner and hit his partner, then threatened to kill her for calling the police. He was jailed for 26 months at Leeds Crown Court after admitting two counts of ABH on the women, whom he left with a broken nose and cuts and bruises. He was also given a five-year restraining order. | West Yorkshire Police/National World