Family of murdered Paisley dad hit out at changes to curfew laws

The family of a Paisley dad, stabbed to death by a man released from prison on an electronic tag, have reacted angrily to changes to the law.

MSPs passed new legislation last night which gives police better search and entry powers to catch those breaching their curfews but Craig McClelland’s dad Michael says it does not go far enough.

Craig was murdered two years ago by James Wright - he had cut off his tag and was ‘unlawfully’ at large at the time of the killing.

His family had hoped it would become a specific offence to remove a tag - an amendment that was rejected during the debate:

The family are waiting to hear from the Lord Advocate about and FAI into Craig’s death.