Portling

A court has heard how a man whose wife took action to evict him from their Dumfries home retaliated by putting rats in the attic. Lee Thompson, 42, bought the animals at a pet shop knowing his wife had a phobia about them. He admitted behaving in a ...

The cause of death of a man whose body was found on a beach has been recorded as "unascertained" after a post mortem could not establish why he died. Police Scotland said the death of Ian Carruthers, 31, had "all the hallmarks of a tragic accident".

His body was discovered on the on the Solway Firth shoreline at Portling, near Dalbeattie on Friday. Police Scotland said that a full forensic examination and post mortem have proved to be "inconclusive" on the cause of death. Detective Inspector ...

The body of Ian Carruthers was washed up on the shores of the Stewartry on Friday – seven weeks after he disappeared from home town. A male walker discovered the body on the beach at Portling on the Colvend coast of the Solway Firth just before 8am on ...

Police Scotland confirmed that a body discovered on the Solway Firth shoreline at Portling, near Dalbeattie, last Friday morning was that of Mr Carruthers. The force said that a 25-year-old woman, from Annan, was arrested for allegedly wasting police ...

Police Scotland confirmed that a body discovered on the Solway Firth shoreline at Portling, near Dalbeattie, last Friday morning was that of Mr Carruthers. The force said that a 25-year-old woman, from Annan, was arrested for allegedly wasting police ...