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Posted in Public Affairs, tagged on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The sheriff presiding over the case of Neil MacGregor has ordered that he be admitted to psychiatric hospital for further tests before his next hearing regarding sentencing on 31st July. See BBC for more.

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Man who threatened to bomb and behead Muslims remanded into custody

Posted in Public Affairs, tagged , on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Neil MacGregor, who threated to blow up Glasgow Central Mosque and behead a Muslim a week, this morning had his bail order revoked and was remanded into custody.
His actual sentencing was deferred for the fifth time after the necessary social enquiry report was not able to be updated. The social worker tried to contact MacGregor [...]

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MacGregor sentencing deferred again

Posted in Public Affairs, tagged on May 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The sentencing of Neil MacGregor has been deferred for the fourth time. The psychology report concluded he has a mental disorder and is suitable for probation with treatment, while the social enquiry report stated he wasn’t. The case has been sent back to the social enquiry report writer to reassess in the light of the [...]

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First media coverage of MacGregor case

Posted in Public Affairs, tagged , on April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There’s an article in the Scotsman today about the Neil MacGregor case – as far as I can see, the first media outlet to cover it!
The point we make in the article though is that while there has been criticism over the apparent media blackout on the case, this can’t just be squarely put at [...]

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MacGregor sentencing deferred

Posted in Public Affairs, tagged , on March 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »

The sentencing of Neil MacGregor, who threatened to behead a Muslim a week and blow up Glasgow Central Mosque, has been deferred till March 27th for review of a report which was not available.
UPDATE 27/03/09: Sentencing has been deferred again till Friday 17th April

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When terrorism isn’t newsworthy

Posted in Media, Public Affairs, tagged , , on February 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Imagine if a Scottish Muslim pleaded guilty to threatening to blow up Glasgow Cathedral and behead one Christian a week until all British troops were pulled out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
There would be outrage, right? It would be splashed over the front page of every newspaper in the land. It would be the top of [...]

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