Daily Record
Thursday, 26 February 2026
Clueless Justice: Assassin's Conviction & Grooming Inquiry (Thursday, February 26, 2026)
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The Daily Record's front page on Thursday, February 26, 2026, leads with the conviction of a "SHOTGUN ASSASSIN." A prominent image features the killer, David Campbell, looking stern, alongside smaller inset photos of the victim Brian Low, Detective Lorna Ferguson, and Low's partner Pamela Curran, illustrating key figures in the case. The striking headline "CLUELESS" underscores police apologies for failing to discover the murdered estate worker's body for five days, a detail inside the paper attributes to "8 deadly blunders." Nationally, this "Jekyll and Hyde" killer was found guilty of shooting his ex-colleague on a remote path.
Also highlighted is "Grooming gangs bid for truth," accompanied by an image of a woman with her head in her hands, conveying distress. This story focuses on a public inquiry into child sexual exploitation, a decision welcomed by survivors and their families as a step towards justice, as further reported inside the paper.
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