Crime

AN ELGIN child abuser has been jailed for three years for crimes against two girls.

Brodie Findlay, from Lhanbryde, was given an 18-month jail sentence but will be released in weeks.

MORAY MP Douglas Ross has urged local MSPs to back Scottish Conservative calls to scrap the “dangerous” Hate Crime Act.

THE public is being urged to look out for signs of their personal information being misused as identity theft scams rise.

NEW figures lay bare the true cost of crime to the high-street in the face of an alarming rise in theft and violence.

THE crimes took place at locations in Mosstodloch, Elgin and Glen Shiel.

Officers are trying to identify three male youths seen in the area around the time of the incident.

A BUCKIE councillor and public service specialist strategy advisor has raised serious concerns about new Hate Crime law now in force in Scotland.

AROUND £2000 worth of tobacco was seized from the rogue trader.

A 20-year-old and a 23-year-old have been charged with assault after an incident at Elgin Bus Station yesterday.

A 16-year-old youth has been arrested following a serious assault in Buckie.

THE 49-year-old previously sold caravans he did not own at a Moray holiday park.

THE incident happened on Stuart Street at around 12.30am on Tuesday.

POLICE in Buckie are appealing for information following an attempted theft of a vehicle in Buckie.

Jody Bruce is already serving a prison sentence for domestic abuse.

A “VERY dangerous” rapist who led a decade-long campaign of domestic abuse has been jailed for 12 years.

A 13-year-old and two 14-year-old boys have been charged in connection with two theft of motor vehicles and numerous road traffic offences in Buckie.

A NEW image has been released by police to help solve a robbery and attempted robbery which happened on the same day.

Police Scotland have issued their local, monthly report to Forres Community Council.

POLICE in Buckie are appealing for information following a break-in to a premises in the town.