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Breaking News

Episode 2

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Very few people have seen the death sentence being passed down in a Scottish court. Stuart McCartney, better known as "The Bullet" is one of those people. But as Colin Blane finds out it was the Longhope Lifeboat disaster that became the biggest breaking news story of a career spanning more than 50 years. Show less

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