26/07/2010
Other News In Brief
Newlywed Killed In US Stabbing
A British women who recently married an American man has been stabbed to death, allegedly by her stepson. Tracy Brannan nee Wyatt, 33, who is originally from Glasgow, suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack at the home she shared with her husband, Dr Harold Brannan, 60, in Omaha, Nebraska. Her husband was also injured in the incident, while David Brannan, 21, Dr Brannan's son from his first marriage, is reported to be in a serious condition in hospital after slashing his own throat. He was also reportedly shot by police with Taser guns. It is known when Mrs Brannan moved to the US, but it is understood that she married her husband in May.
Man Dies In Salford Stabbing
A man has died following a stabbing in Salford, Greater Manchester at the weekend. Police were called to a property on Wilbraham Road around 4:35am on Sunday, following reports that a man had been stabbed, and found a 27-year-old man suffering stab wounds to the chest. The man died the ambulance on route to the hospital. A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on: 0161 872 5050 or Crimestoppers anonymously on: 0800 555 111.
Teenager Sexually Assaulted In West Lothian
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was seriously sexually assaulted in West Lothian in the early hours of Saturday morning. The 17-year-old was attacked on the B7010 Fauldhouse to Longridge road, about 400 yards east of Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse, sometime after 1:50am. Police want to speak to anyone who was in the area or who had been at Fauldhouse Cricket Club on Friday evening. The suspect is described as being in his early 20s, between 5ft 10ins - 6ft tall, of medium or athletic build, with a prominent pointed nose. He was wearing a dark-coloured hoody, tracksuit bottoms with twin striped down each leg and he may have been wearing a hat. Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on: 0131 311 3131 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555 111.
(KMcA/BMcC)
A British women who recently married an American man has been stabbed to death, allegedly by her stepson. Tracy Brannan nee Wyatt, 33, who is originally from Glasgow, suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack at the home she shared with her husband, Dr Harold Brannan, 60, in Omaha, Nebraska. Her husband was also injured in the incident, while David Brannan, 21, Dr Brannan's son from his first marriage, is reported to be in a serious condition in hospital after slashing his own throat. He was also reportedly shot by police with Taser guns. It is known when Mrs Brannan moved to the US, but it is understood that she married her husband in May.
Man Dies In Salford Stabbing
A man has died following a stabbing in Salford, Greater Manchester at the weekend. Police were called to a property on Wilbraham Road around 4:35am on Sunday, following reports that a man had been stabbed, and found a 27-year-old man suffering stab wounds to the chest. The man died the ambulance on route to the hospital. A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on: 0161 872 5050 or Crimestoppers anonymously on: 0800 555 111.
Teenager Sexually Assaulted In West Lothian
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was seriously sexually assaulted in West Lothian in the early hours of Saturday morning. The 17-year-old was attacked on the B7010 Fauldhouse to Longridge road, about 400 yards east of Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse, sometime after 1:50am. Police want to speak to anyone who was in the area or who had been at Fauldhouse Cricket Club on Friday evening. The suspect is described as being in his early 20s, between 5ft 10ins - 6ft tall, of medium or athletic build, with a prominent pointed nose. He was wearing a dark-coloured hoody, tracksuit bottoms with twin striped down each leg and he may have been wearing a hat. Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on: 0131 311 3131 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555 111.
(KMcA/BMcC)
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