AN Alva man who became the first person in Scotland to be jailed for terrorism charges has had his conviction quashed.

 

Now Mohammed Atif Siddique, 24, faces an anxious wait until a hearing next week to decide if he will be released or face a retrial after appeal judges ruled he was the victim of a “miscarriage of justice”.

 THE number of pupils excluded from Wee County schools has fallen slightly, new research has shown, writes SCOTT McCLYMONT.

 

An annual Scottish Govern-ment report reveals there were 563 exclusions in Clackmannan- shire schools last year – down by 16 from last year’s total. This figure is similar to those gathered in 2006/07 when 579 pupils were reprimanded.

 ALLOA Athletic manager Allan Maitland was delighted on Saturday as new signing Bryan Prunty’s last minute strike led his Alloa side to a victory over a ten-man Arbroath side.

 

The late win put Alloa into second in the table and the significance of the goal was not lost on the manager.

 AN Alloa charity worker who stole over £10,00 from a local charity was spared jail last week.
Devious Lesley Talbot, of Henderson Avenue, admitted embezzling a total of £10,556 from the Friends of ALLOA Centre from April 22 2008 until February 11 last year after appearing at Alloa Sheriff Court.

 A VICIOUS Sauchie thug was jailed for life after being convicted of the brutal murder of William Strang.

 

Eighteen-year-old Gavin Walls was found guilty by a majority verdict at the High Court in Aberdeen last week and will serve a minimum of fourteen and a half years behind bars.

 MORE than 600 people from across the Wee County packed into Alloa town hall on Saturday night to raise funds for the daughter of fallen Alloa soldier Kevin Mulligan.

 

They gathered for a night of music and tributes to the 26-year-old, who tragically died in August last year, leaving behind pregnant fiancée Leanne Kelly.