Glasgow Crime Research

Dec 22 2012 by Andy Newport, Paisley Daily Express

A nightclub has been shut down by licensing chiefs after it became a magnet for violent disorder.

The owners of Club 69, ...

A 20-year-old man who was jailed for life for the brutal murder of schoolboy Jack Frew has lost a legal bid to have his 18-year minimum jail term cut.

Craig Roy admitted stabbing 16-year-old Jack 20 times and slitting his throat in woods in East Kilbride in May 2010, but had denied murder.

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Mar 28 2012 by Andrea O'Neill, East Kilbride News

FRIENDS of Jack Frew have reacted with anger after learning convicted murderer Craig Roy is to appeal both his conviction and life sentence.

Edinburgh's High Court of Justiciary confirmed to the News the teenage killer has...

Family demand maximum sentence after jury find Craig Roy guilty

THE heartbroken family of Jack Frew have called for his teenage killer to be given the maximum possible sentence for his murder.

Craig Roy, 19, is facing a mandatory life term after being found guilty of the savage ...

A teenager has been convicted of the brutal murder of schoolboy Jack Frew.

Craig Roy had admitted stabbing the 16-year-old 20 times and slitting his throat in woods in East Kilbride in May 2010, but he denied murder.

A ju...

Jurors in the Jack Frew murder trial have retired at the High Court in Glasgow to consider their verdict.

Craig Roy, 19, admits fatally stabbing the 16-year-old 20 times and slitting his throat at woods in East Kilbride in May 2010 but denies murder.

His defence team claims he suffers from a personality disorder and should be convicted of culpable homicide.

Judg...

The man accused of murdering Jack Frew told a psychiatrist that he "felt like a monster", a court has heard.

Dr Annie Bartlett told the High Court in Glasgow that she interviewed Craig Roy for five-and-a-half hours.

The psychiatrist said Mr Roy had an unspecified personality disorder and showed traits of borderline, dependent and avoidant personality disorders.

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Published 24 Jan 2012 10:00

A CARDROSS teen has gone on trial accused of murdering a schoolboy who was found stabbed to death.

Craig Roy has appeared in Glasgow's High Court in connection with the death of 16-year-old Jack Frew who was found in a wooded area with his throat slit last year.

The 19-year-old admits stabbing Mr Frew to dea...

25 January 2012Last updated at 14:35

 Dead boy 'threat to relationship'Schoolboy suffered 20 stab woundsTrial hears boy had windpipe cut The Jack Frew murder trial has heard claims that the schoolboy exposed himself to the accused shortly before he was stabbed to de...

A TEENAGER accused of murdering a school friend was not suffering from any mental or personality disorder, a court heard today.

24 January 2012Last updated at 16:59

The Jack Frew murder trial has been told that the accused regarded the schoolboy as a "sex pest" and a threat to his relationship with another ...

A pathologist has told the Jack Frew murder trial that the schoolboy suffered 20 separate stab wounds.

Dr Robert Ainsworth was giving evidence at the High Court in G...