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True Crime: The cases that rocked the north and north-east

True Crime: The cases that rocked the north and north-east

When it comes to crime in the north and north-east of Scotland, The Press and Journal has a network of reporters embedded in courtrooms across our patch.

As well as bringing you comprehensive coverage of the court hearings, our Crime & Courts team are also going beyond the headlines with in-depth profiles and analysis of the cases, like the recent killing of Aberdeen mum Jill Barclay and the decades-old murder mysteries involving Renee MacRae and Brenda Page.

The doorstep murder: Alistair Wilson

Crime & Courts

Exclusive: Family fury over top cop’s ‘misleading comments’ on Nairn banker murder case

Chief Constable Jo Farrell, left, and murdered Nairn banker Alistair Wilson, right. Images: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/Family handout
September 26, 2024
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Chief Constable Jo Farrell is under fire after suggesting a new detective leading the new reinvestigation was "working now" when in reality they were on holiday abroad. Read More

The Cheesewire Murder: George Murdoch

Crime & Courts

Are you related to cheese wire killer? DNA breakthrough matches 200 people to George Murdoch murderer

Police hope that having the killer's DNA profile will one day reveal George Murdoch's killer. Image: DC Thomson
September 26, 2024

Detectives investigating the 41-year-old crime say they are as close as they have ever been to cracking the case. Read More

The murder of Brian McKandie

275 years of crime and investigations: Explore 275 years of journalism. Read stories if the north and north-east that matter most. Find out more by clicking here.

The murder of Brenda Page

Fraserburgh-born serial killer Dennis Nilsen

Past Times

On This Day, 1983: When Dennis Nilsen was first charged with murder

Image: DCT Design/Michael McCosh.
February 12, 2024

Readers awoke to news that a Fraserburgh man was due in court in London charged with murder. Little did they know it would turn out to be one of the most notorious serial killers of the 20th century. Read More

Dennis Nilsen: From the archives

The Renee MacRae case

Killer husband Wayne Fraser

Crime & Courts

Mintlaw wife-killer Wayne Fraser appeals Mississippi conviction

Wayne Fraser shot guns with his paralysed wife Natalie Ryan-Fraser and later went on to shoot her dead. Images: Facebook
December 26, 2023
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Domestic abuser Wayne Fraser fired Natalie Ryan-Fraser's own handgun at her neck while his paralysed spouse was in her wheelchair on December 30 2021. Read More

The murder of Jill Barclay

Interviews with Detective Inspector Gary Winter

The Press and Journal's Vanished: The Arlene Fraser Murder podcast

Hunting Mr X: A True Crime podcast

North-east wife-killer Malcolm Webster

Crime & Courts

Detective who exposed north-east wife killer Malcolm Webster says there could be other victims

Malcolm Webster murdered his wife Claire Morris and became one of the north-east's most infamous killers
May 2, 2022
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A retired detective who helped to lock up the notorious north-east wife killer Malcolm Webster has said it's possible he may have committed other crimes which went undetected. Read More

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