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The cocker spaniel was ripped from the woman's grasp by a hulking animal in a shocking cemetery incident that left her covered in blood

Robert Ean McLeod, 43, was killed after being struck on the head by a metal ring feeder, a fatal accident inquiry has found.

Formerly Queen Street Church of Scotland, minister David Gibson says a "church staying a church is worth celebrating."

Fraser Newman, 30 came to the attention of police when a phone containing child-abuse material connected to the internet at a property he was living at in Hardgate, Aberdeen.

The 50-year-old has been reported to the procurator fiscal.

Meanwhile, contamination fears over a former gasworks site in Laurencekirk could scupper plans for some new workshops, and the owners of one of the north-east's most famous homes plot upgrades to their vast estate.

Crews have now left the scene.

These are the cases we've been covering this week at courtrooms across the north of Scotland.