Ex soldier, 70, jailed for 17 years after murdering elderly man he believed was abuser

A former soldier has been jailed for a minimum of 17 years for the murder of a man he believed had abused a woman he knew.

Richard Cassidy, 70, was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow in June of the murder of a 75 year-old at his home in the Scottish Borders in February 2016.