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Norman Silvester

Works for the Sunday Mail as a news reporter and investigative journalist specialising in crime articles but also covering a wide variety of other subjects. Email: [email protected] / Phone: 0141 309 3255

Emma Caldwell killer let off hook due to 'police bias' ex cop claims
Sunday Mail
A new documentary examines the 2005 death of the Glasgow sex worker and questions why it took nearly two decades to bring her killer Iain Packer to justice.
'Beastie House' paedophile ring among hundreds of Scots prisoners who may never be released
Sunday Mail
Figures obtained by the Sunday Mail have revealed there are 251 convicted criminals who could spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
'Murdered' Glasgow schoolboy Amen Teklay's sister thanks donors as body to be flown to Africa
Sunday Mail News
Amen, 15, died after being found with severe injuries in Glasgow last month.
Wife killer Nat Fraser to be released from jail this week for his mum’s funeral
Sunday Mail
The Sunday Mail can reveal the killer is expected to be escorted from West ­Lothian’s HMP Addiewell to the funeral on Wednesday.
Top Scottish golfer driven to win place on PGA tour so he can settle with US wife
Sunday Mail News
Calum Hill, who won the prestigious Joburg Open, hopes to settle down with his wife Miranda in America.
Skint Police Scotland fork out more than £3m in compensation in the last five years
Police Scotland
The force paid the damages for a range of claims including for wrongful arrest and employment tribunals brought by members of the public, officers and civilian staff.
Aberdeen council launch legal action to remove 'at risk' child from mother in Italy
Sunday Mail News
Officials in Aberdeen, where the 36-year-old lived, became concerned for the future welfare of the child when they discovered she was pregnant.
Scots bodyguard claims Zelensky "doesn’t wear suit in case he is abducted"
Ukraine
Security services expert Graham Yuill believes the Ukrainian President’s military khakis are fitted with GPS tracking and listening device for his own protection.
Underwater search teams to launch new hunt for Kevin McGuire missing since 1994
Sunday Mail
SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The Scots joiner disappeared more than 30 years ago and his family have never given up hope.
Whisky firm under fire for Harrison Ford TV advert featuring kilt made by English firm
Sunday Mail News
Scots kilt makers have criticised the decision to hand the contract to an English firm.
Scottish aid charity fears for worker held in Israeli prison
Middle East
Mohammad el Sharif, who works for Edinburghbased Firefly International, has not been heard of since his arrest in Gaza by Israeli forces last November.
Doctor could end up with two wives if divorce is overturned by Scots courts
Sunday Mail
SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The man has four months before he will end up with two spouses after marrying again.
Scots Wagatha Christie t-shirt designer forced to give up trademark fight with Rebecca Vardy
Coleen Rooney
Tammie Ford McMillan had planned to use her alternative on the back of T-shirts which would be personalised on the front with the owner’s name but has had to ditch her fight over costs.
Bible John author suffers DNA blow in bid to prove her theory on killer's identity
Police Scotland
John Templeton was named as the possible killer of third victim Helen Puttock, in a book by Australian Jill Bavin-Mizzi.
Prison service faces 'ticking time bomb' as record number of staff going off sick
Sunday Mail
SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: More than 65,000 working days were lost last year due to illness among 4900 staff
'My son went missing on Hogmanay 30 years ago but I still want answers'
Glasgow
SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Kevin McGuire's mum has revealed her agony over her missing boy who hasn't been seen since 1994.
Superdrug apologises to angry islanders in Stornoway and makes u-turn on Sunday opening
Supermarkets
The religious Hebridean community were furious after a poster announced the shop would open on Sunday.
Sons of two murdered police officers call on Government to honour their bravery
Police
Constable George Taylor was killed by two men who broke out of Carstairs in 1976 and Detective Sgt Ross Hunt was stabbed to death by a family in Larkhall in 1983.
Police Scotland reject record number of new recruits because they have offensive tattoos
Police Scotland
The force has refused applications from would-be officers who have inappropriate tattoos, which breach their rules.
Alex Salmond memorial hears bringing trawler tragedy victims home was his proudest achievement
Alex Salmond
The widow of a fisherman who perished in the ­tragedy wept as she heard how returning the men to their families was Salmond's proudest moment.
New Alistair Wilson murder evidence emerges days before 20th anniversary of death
Police Scotland
The Sunday Mail can reveal a distressed man seen sitting on a bench in the seaside town could hold the key to finally bringing Alistair’s killer to justice.
Ex SNP MP Natalie McGarry's lawyer cleared of misconduct over advice given to convicted fraudster
Sunday Mail
Matthew Berlow represented McGarry between 2018 and 2019 after she had been charged by police with fraud and embezzlement while a sitting MP.
Furious ex-mineworkers to miss out on multi-billion pound pension scheme refund
Sunday Mail News
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said ex-miners will get a bonus of £1.5billion refund to the Mineworkers Pension Scheme but thousands of former Scottish coal board employees are set to lose out.
Hero cop almost died rescuing stranded motorists as storms battered Scotland
Sunday Mail News
PC Sally Nicol also saved the life of her colleague – and narrowly escaped with her own – after being caught in a series of avalanche-like mudslides on a country road during Storm Babet.