An Old Fashioned Kneecapping

A man was shot in both knees and thrown down an embankment near a supermarket in East Kilbride in Scotland. He was kidnapped and held captive for two days before he was shot and dumped. Police in the area believe the incident is linked to the dumping of two abductees in Partick a week later.

The Evening Times

True Crime: How to Impress an Irish Mob Boss

The Irish Mirror has a story out of Cloverhill Prison in West Dublin about a "well known sportsman" awaiting trial on drug charges who attempted to impress an Irish gangster by brutally attacking a correctional officer. The inmate, reportedly incensed over the CO's refusal to let him speak with the alleged crime boss, attacked the guard, biting him and attempting to gouge out his eyes. This comes on the heels of another attack on a correctional officer over a missing razor blade. A week before this incident, a guard was attacked by three "drugged-up convicts" after he tried to confiscate a missing shaving razor.

The prison will see work stoppages this week over "dangerously low" staffing levels in the prison, which have allegedly contributed to the attacks on guards.