Misc. cases I

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Thomas McCulloch, who killed three people with an axe in 1976, has been permitted trips out of prison in Scotland to complete a course involving cutting down trees and shrubs.
Axe murderer Thomas McCulloch has been let out of jail to chop down trees (Picture: Alamy)
In 1976, McCulloch was convicted along with his gay lover Robert Mone of killing a nurse, a patient and a policeman at a hospital in South Lanarks.

Although he is serving a life sentence, he's been allowed out of prison in Angus to complete a course at an Aberdeenshire nature reserve, with photos of the 63-year-old receiving his certificate appearing in jail magazine The Gallery.

'He may be old now but there is evidence he is still a very dangerous man,' a prison source told the Daily Record.

'All prisoners going on courses are vetted but I don't think its a good idea to let a murderer like McCulloch near sharp implements such as axes and secateurs - that could be a disaster waiting to happen.'

In June, residents in Dumbarton put together a petition to protest a possible decision to re-home the convict in the area.