A man has been jailed after attempting to murder a young child and another man at a high-rise block of flats in Edinburgh. Craig McQuillian was caught on CCTV entering the Fidra Court, in Muirhouse area of the city, at around 11.30pm on November 12, 2023. The 44-year-old was carrying a metal crowbar and a plastic carrier bag which held a container filled with petrol. After taking the lift to the victim's floor, he doused the accelerant on the floor directly outside the door before setting it...
A man has been jailed after attempting to murder a young child and another man at a high-rise block of flats in Edinburgh. Craig McQuillian was caught on CCTV entering the Fidra Court, in Muirhouse area of the city, at around 11.30pm on November 12, 2023. The 44-year-old was carrying a metal crowbar and a plastic carrier bag which held a container filled with petrol. After taking the lift to the victim's floor, he doused the accelerant on the floor directly outside the door before setting it...
CCTV captures a teenager as he tries people’s front doors and attempts to break into cars, during a week long crime spree which landed him in jail. Mason Jones, 18, admitted 17 counts of attempted burglary, two counts of burglary and one count of theft of a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to 28 months in a youth offenders’ institution. Jones attempted to break into ‘a dozen’ houses during the early hours of Jan 21. A BMW vehicle was also stolen from outside a house on the same night. This spate...
CCTV captures a teenager as he tries people’s front doors and attempts to break into cars, during a week long crime spree which landed him in jail. Mason Jones, 18, admitted 17 counts of attempted burglary, two counts of burglary and one count of theft of a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to 28 months in a youth offenders’ institution. Jones attempted to break into ‘a dozen’ houses during the early hours of Jan 21. A BMW vehicle was also stolen from outside a house on the same night. This spate...
CCTV captures a teenager as he tries people’s front doors and attempts to break into cars, during a week long crime spree which landed him in jail. Mason Jones, 18, admitted 17 counts of attempted burglary, two counts of burglary and one count of theft of a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to 28 months in a youth offenders’ institution. Jones attempted to break into ‘a dozen’ houses during the early hours of Jan 21. A BMW vehicle was also stolen from outside a house on the same night. This spate...
CCTV captures a teenager as he tries people’s front doors and attempts to break into cars, during a week long crime spree which landed him in jail. Mason Jones, 18, admitted 17 counts of attempted burglary, two counts of burglary and one count of theft of a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to 28 months in a youth offenders’ institution. Jones attempted to break into ‘a dozen’ houses during the early hours of Jan 21. A BMW vehicle was also stolen from outside a house on the same night. This spate...
A man has been jailed after attempting to murder a young child and another man at a high-rise block of flats in Edinburgh. Craig McQuillian was caught on CCTV entering the Fidra Court, in Muirhouse area of the city, at around 11.30pm on November 12, 2023. The 44-year-old was carrying a metal crowbar and a plastic carrier bag which held a container filled with petrol. After taking the lift to the victim's floor, he doused the accelerant on the floor directly outside the door before setting it...
Shock CCTV footage has revealed how a sly thief in north London tried to pickpocket a woman twice as she shopped in a clothing store.
Hilarious CCTV footage shows the moment a man ran across a pub car park to rescue his unattended pint from a ‘mini-tornado’. In the video, what was later established to be a ‘dust devil’ can be seen sweeping across a pub car park. A man and woman can be seen turning around to watch the ‘dust devil’ before running into the pub for shelter. Another man who is standing next to a car when he spots the dust cloud runs at speed to save his unattended pint from ruin. The Begelly Arms Hotel and...
Hilarious CCTV footage shows the moment a man ran across a pub car park to rescue his unattended pint from a ‘mini-tornado’. In the video, what was later established to be a ‘dust devil’ can be seen sweeping across a pub car park. A man and woman can be seen turning around to watch the ‘dust devil’ before running into the pub for shelter. Another man who is standing next to a car when he spots the dust cloud runs at speed to save his unattended pint from ruin. The Begelly Arms Hotel and...
Hilarious CCTV footage shows the moment a man ran across a pub car park to rescue his unattended pint from a ‘mini-tornado’. In the video, what was later established to be a ‘dust devil’ can be seen sweeping across a pub car park. A man and woman can be seen turning around to watch the ‘dust devil’ before running into the pub for shelter. Another man who is standing next to a car when he spots the dust cloud runs at speed to save his unattended pint from ruin. The Begelly Arms Hotel and...
Hilarious CCTV footage shows the moment a man ran across a pub car park to rescue his unattended pint from a ‘mini-tornado’. In the video, what was later established to be a ‘dust devil’ can be seen sweeping across a pub car park. A man and woman can be seen turning around to watch the ‘dust devil’ before running into the pub for shelter. Another man who is standing next to a car when he spots the dust cloud runs at speed to save his unattended pint from ruin. The Begelly Arms Hotel and...