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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Oap - The Untold Story

Dale Dickey steals the show in this twisty tale of a not-so-helpless little old lady targeted by crooked legal guardians

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Sick Lanarkshire window cleaner jailed for trying to rape elderly woman affected by Alzheimer’s

James McArdle preyed on the elderly woman who tried to fend him off at her home in Hamilton.

Daily Record

OAP horrified to discover she has accidentally boarded flight to Russia

Monika Nürnberg, 79, boarded a Turkish Airlines flight from Antalya Airport in Turkey to Moscow, while trying to get back to her home to Bavaria in southern Germany

Daily Mirror

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Scots engineer who held gun to pensioner over £200 debt avoids jail

Mr Hodgson was left “terrified” after Capstick fired a near 80-year-old revolver into the air before pressing the weapon against the OAP’s face.

Daily Record

Kate Middleton's firm response when quizzed about first thing she will do as queen

The Princess of Wales recently paid a surprise visit to the Chelsea Flower Show and spent some time with schoolkids who quizzed her about her future plans as the Queen.

Daily Record

Sick Lanarkshire window cleaner preyed on elderly woman affected by Alzheimer’s

James McArdle preyed on the woman who tried to fend him off despite being affected by Alzheimer’s Disease.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire window cleaner filmed trying to rape pensioner with Alzheimer's on Ring security camera

Glasgow High Court heard that James McArdle was caught when the 74-year-old's family discovered horrific footage of the attack on a security system installed to keep tabs on the frail old lady.

Glasgow Live

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Scottish grandad loses £10,000 in cryptocurrency scam after his friend recommended it

Tom Roberts, 66, was left gutted after he lost £10,000 of his retirement funds through a 'cryptocurrency scam', and is now speaking out to warn others against fraudulent behaviour.

Edinburgh Live

OAP wins bus lane fine appeal after finding penalty 'loophole' on Google Maps

Bill Ball was hit with a £35 fine for driving in a bus lane last year but discovered a road sign on Google Maps previously warning drivers had since been removed.

Daily Record

Lack of plan for radioactive dust worries experts

A pile of furnace dust, believed to be contaminated with caesium-137 from a radioactive rod that went missing from a power plant in Prachin Buri a few weeks ago, is still being kept at the steel smelter where it was found.

Bangkok Post

Put toxic dust fears to bed

The news about a caesium-137 tube that disappeared from a power plant and is believed to have been melted at a steel factory is quickly fading from view. But the problem hasn't gone away and is likely to resurface amid anticipated protests as the government must find space to store…

Bangkok Post

Radiation 'poses no threat' to local food produce

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on on Wednesday assured that produce from Prachin Buri is 100% safe for consumption, following health fears sparked by a missing tube of caesium-137 in the province.

Bangkok Post

Red dust fiasco

After a 10 days search, government agencies found radiated red dust believed to be from the remains of a caesium-137 tube, which disappeared from a power plant on Feb 23.

Bangkok Post

Caesium-contaminated factory dust now safely contained

PRACHIN BURI: The Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) said on Monday that furnace dust contaminated with hazardous caesium-137 found at a metal foundry in Kabin Buri district had now been safely contained.

Bangkok Post

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Ramp up tube search

The disappearance of a caesium-137 tube from a powerplant in Prachin Buri is a reminder of a similar case which happened 23 years ago.

Daily Record

Former engineer held gun to pensioner's head after row over sheep in Dumfries and Galloway

Brian Capstick pressed the near 80-year-old revolver against the face of William Hodgson

Daily Record

Scots OAP vows to chain herself to housing association office in protest over lack of heating

Valdirmere Tchaikovsky, 71, lives in a property in Gowans Terrace owned by Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) but claims she has been without heating for four weeks.

Liverpool Echo

People who betrayed their family and ended up in court

We list criminals who targeted their own families in their crimes

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Daily Record

Cruel woman scammed her own grandad out of £75k during false legal battle

Olivia Crutchle, 23, robbed 79-year-old Roy Crutchley of his life savings after he covered the costs of an ongoing fabricated court case.

Daily Record

Scots OAP with brain tumour denied help with energy bills over £6.50 debt

The pensioner was refused help when he had just £1 of emergency credit in his meter.

Daily Record

'Friendly' OAP brutally mauled to death by dog in her own home

Shirley Patrick, 83 was killed in a savage dog attack after a XL black Bully Cross Cane Corso breed mauled her to death in her Caerphilly home on December 3.

Daily Mirror

OAP splits opinion after yelling at mum and child for not offering their seat on bus

A pensioner has left members of the public divided after a video was posted showing her appearing to shout at a mum and son when they refused to give up their seat on the bus

Daily Record

OAP fined and given three points for running red light after letting an ambulance pass by

Frank Wallington passed through the red traffic light 1.2 seconds late in a split second decision.

Daily Record

OAP forced to sit in a sleeping bag to keep warm 'afraid' he will die from the cold

David Harding, 81 has been left 'freezing' inside his home after the council removed all of his loft insulation to identify the source of a leak in the property.

Daily Record

Heartless Scots scammer left frail uncle penniless and living in 'squalor' after embezzling £62k

David Broadfoot, 36, preyed on Alexander Steele effectively emptying the pensioner's bank account.

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