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Lucinda Cameron & Kaitlin Easton & Daniel Harkins

Three men in court after alleged murder bid on convicted Scots torturer

Three men have appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a convicted Scots torturer was found injured in an Edinburgh stairwell.

Police officers were called to West Pilton Grove around 5pm on June 18.

Russell Scammell was allegedly attacked in a common stairwell in the building.

Police discovered the 34-year-old seriously injured and he was taken to the city's Royal Infirmary.

Scammell was jailed in 2009 for the abduction and torture of a teenager.

Owen Logan, 22, from Hawick, Connor Steele, 21, from Edinburgh, and Steven McGovern, 22, from Edinburgh, were charged in connection with the incident.

They appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday.

All three have been charged with attempted murder and Logan also faces a number of driving offence charges.

Logan and Steele made no plea and were granted bail, while McGovern made no plea and was remanded in custody.

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