Edinburgh crime: 8 criminals handed sentences in May at Edinburgh's courts
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Edinburgh’s courts dished out sentences in May for crimes including murder, serious sexual assaults and historic sexual abuse. Among the other criminals sentenced at the Capital’s courts last month was a drunk lout who caused a disturbance and assaulted staff at an Edinburgh city centre coffee shop, who was ordered to carry out unpaid work. And, a man was jailed after attempting to murder a young child and another man at a high-rise block of flats in Edinburgh by setting fire to a front door. ...

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