A frantic search has been launched for a missing Scots schoolgirl.
05.08.2022 - 16:41 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A man who bludgeoned a dog-walker with a dumb-bell while out on early release is due for a parole hearing that could see him set free from prison after serving just five years. Robbie McIntosh brutally attacked Linda McDonald as she walked in woods near her Dundee home in August 2017.
He was on home leave from prison where he was serving life for stabbing another woman to death in the city when he was just 15. McIntosh, now 36, was granted an automatic parole hearing next week despite being given an Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR) by the court, which means he may never be released from prison.
As the five-year-anniversary of the attack comes up this weekend, grandmother Linda has spoken out to say she blames a lack of police checks and not McIntosh for the life-changing assault. She said stricter checks on people convicted of violent crimes are needed before they are released from prison.
The 57-year-old said she feels angry at the system and is campaigning for change. Linda, was targeted by McIntosh as she walked her dog in Templeton Woods which was close to her home.
Speaking to the BBC she said: "As I turned around, he was running right towards me, but I never had a chance to do anything but to put my hand up. As I turned around, he was running right towards me, but I never had a chance to do anything but to put my hand up.
"I knew as soon as he hit me it was serious because the smell of the blood, it's like pennies and warm. I was just stunned."
McIntosh was serving a life sentence for murdering Anne Nicoll on Dundee Law 16 years earlier. He was being considered for parole and had been allowed home leave in preparation.
Linda said she begged McIntosh for mercy but he remained impervious to her pleas. She said: "I
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