Criminal Record has brought together a round-up of today’s biggest crime stories.
17:00, 17 Apr 2026
Evil killer Iain Packer
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Here’s what has been making the news across the country on Friday.
Killer Iain Packer’s first victim calls in FBI
A woman raped by Iain Packer at the age of 15 believes his reign of terror extended to holiday hotspots abroad including the USA and Spain.
Magdalene Robertson has even contacted the FBI in America with her concerns.
Packer is serving life for the murder of Emma Caldwell and the rape and sexual assault of 22 other women, including Magdalene.
She says he visited Florida several times over the years including trips with his family on Boxing Day.
Magdalene gave the FBI a statement after contacting them in 2024 about Packer’s vacations in the Sunshine State.
She said:”You don’t be a serial rapist and sexual offender and say, I’m on holiday from that. Your habits go with you.
“For anything, you feel a bit more relaxed about your vices, don’t you?”
READ MORE: Killer Iain Packer’s first victim calls in FBI over fears he attacked women abroad
Ex-bodybuilder caged for repeatedly raping two women
A former bodybuilder was jailed for 12 years today after brutalising women during a campaign of abuse that included repeatedly raping two victims.
Damien Harrier, 31, targeted three women for sexual violence during crimes committed between 2018 and 2023 in Perth and Fife.
A judge told Harrier at the High Court in Edinburgh that she had read victim impact statements prepared in the case and said it was clear that the effects of his behaviour were serious and persisting.
Lady Haldane said that although he has never before served a jail sentence there was no alternative to a custodial disposal given the number and seriousness of the convictions.
The judge said: “You were convicted of nine charges, comprising a catalogue of offending against three women.”
READ MORE: ex-bodybuilder caged for repeatedly raping two women during campaign of abuse
“Scum” Evil foster mum and son who raped girls slammed by victims
An evil foster mum and son who abused children in their care were branded “scum” as they were sentenced for their deplorable crimes.
Jennifer Robertson, 79, was given a community payback order while her 52-year-old son, who raped girls in their care, was caged for 11 years.
The pair were sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Friday, April 17.
The court heard how Robertson subjected children as young as 10-months-old to “appalling” abuse at her home in Murthly, Perthshire, between 1980 and 1995.
Her sickening actions included physically assaulting young girls, calling them derogatory names, and forcing food down their throats.
Robertson‘s son Steven sexually assaulted one child while acting with his now deceased father, Alan Robertson, in the 1980s and 1990s. All the children were under the age of five when the brute began abusing them.
READ MORE: “Scum” Evil foster mum and son who raped girls slammed by victims
Snaps show Scots influencer posing in Thailand days before smuggling £150k of cannabis
A new picture of drug mule influencer Ellie Crampsie has emerged – posing up in Thailand just days before she attempted to smuggle £150,000 of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport.
Crampsie, 23, is snapped standing on a Bangkok rooftop bar in front of the city’s Mercure Hotel wearing a white top and skirt and carrying a gold shoulder bag.
The image was posted on the glam social media influencer’s Instagram page on April 11 last year – five days before she flew home from the Asian country with the drug consignment in her luggage.
The striking pic from the exotic location has the message “I wanna stay here forever” typed out underneath.
Several more unseen pictures – including one celebrating her 21st birthday – taken at her family home in Broomhouse, Glasgow, have also been unearthed.
Video captures masked gang smashing in front of Glasgow building
The moment pro-Palestinian activists smashed the offices of an insurance firm in Glasgow with a sledgehammer over its alleged ties with Israel has been caught in a shocking clip.
The footage shows three hooded and masked individuals smashing windows and spray-painting slogans on the Sentinel building on Waterloo Street, home to the Glasgow office of insurance firm Chubb.
It is understood the attack took place in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The video shows one of the activists spray-painting the words “Chubb insures genocide” and “drop Elbit” on two of the building’s glass panels before pulling a sledgehammer out of a backpack and using it to smash a number of panels.
At one point they also pull a red fire extinguisher from the backpack and use it to spray what looks like red paint onto the building.
READ MORE: Video captures masked gang smashing in front of Glasgow building
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