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FOUND: Pensioner who threatened to assassinate nicola sturgeon sentenced - You Need To See This

Nicola Sturgeon William Curtis Carole Curtis William Patrick Curtis Philip Mitchell Stewart Stevenson Weir Chris Miller John Skinner Robert McDonald

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A pensioner who posted online about the assassination of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and helped abduct a sheriff has been jailed for more than five years.

William Curtis, 70, was convicted last month of sending threatening messages to Ms Sturgeon and of sending or causing a threatening message to be sent to former MSP Stewart Stevenson in 2019 following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

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