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Bryan Rutherford @BryanRutherford

📝Crime & investigations reporter @pressjournal 🏆Journalist of the year @ScotPressAwards 2025 📧bryan.rutherford@pressandjournal.co.uk

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Bryan Rutherford@BryanRutherford
18 Jul 2025
Would you believe an almost 42 year old unsolved murder mystery could possibly have anything fresh to write about? Here’s a second exclusive following yesterday’s on the latest in the manhunt for the north-east of Scotland’s infamous Cheese Wire Killer
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🚨The latest development following last month’s shocking sudden closure of Mental Health Aberdeen on July 24 as the charity entered the liquidation process. 📧Anyone who wants to share information or discuss this story can email me here: bryan.rutherford@pressandjournal.co.uk
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You can read the full details of my exclusive story for @pressjournal online here⬇️pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/new…

Exclusive: Collapsed charity Mental Health Aberdeen accused of 'inappropriate expenditure'

The charity regulator is assessing a number of concerns about the now-defunct organisation following reports from the public.

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My latest exclusive on the news I broke earlier today: A heartbroken sister is getting closer to securing answers about her stricken brother’s fatal fall at the hands of a killer who abducted and tortured him in an Aberdeen block of flats last year.
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.@pressjournal has already uncovered much of the failures that meant missed opportunities to rescue Jamie and prevent his death during a 5-hour window👇
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Would you believe an almost 42 year old unsolved murder mystery could possibly have anything fresh to write about? Here’s a second exclusive following yesterday’s on the latest in the manhunt for the north-east of Scotland’s infamous Cheese Wire Killer
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📝👀READ MORE⬇️ pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/new…

Exclusive: Eyewitness accounts of boys who saw Cheese Wire Killer revealed

An upcoming TV documentary about the 1983 murder of Aberdeen cab driver George Murdoch sheds fresh light on the infamous unsolved crime.

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An extraordinary coincidence comes to light in a new true crime documentary on the manhunt for the infamous Cheese Wire Killer, who garroted and strangled Aberdeen taxi driver George Murdoch - a chilling case detectives are even closer to cracking 1/2
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If you're fascinated by true crime or gripped by this notorious 1983 murder mystery, find out where and when you can watch the two part TV programme revealing never seen and heard before details. 🔎🧬Detectives are 25% through 1,000 people of interest 2/2 pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/new…

Exclusive: Aberdeen cabbie killer’s DNA leads cops to relative of caged Yorkshire taxi driver...

A new TV documentary about catching the infamous Cheese Wire Killer reveals some new developments in the unsolved 1983 murder of George Murdoch.

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🗣️“They’re remorseless evil animals.” 📖I read Jo Jamieson’s book documenting the bereaved mum’s traumatising rollercoaster journey through grief as she fought to overcome the anger and rage at her son’s murder… 1/3
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But when I told her one of Dean’s killers had threatened to kill again, Jo had even more to reveal… From branding one of the deadly robbers a current “danger to society” to concerns about knives in schools: “another murder like Dean’s is more likely now than 19 years ago”…2/3
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📝👀 You can read my interview with Jo in today’s @pressjournal & @EveningExpress newspapers… 👇OR CLICK HERE👇 pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/new… 3/3
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📝👀 You can read my interview with Jo in today’s @pressjournal & @EveningExpress newspapers… 👇OR CLICK HERE👇 pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/new…
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🧵🪡I’m starting a new week with saying thank you… A heartfelt thanks to the judges and to those who’ve sent me so many encouraging messages with such kind words, a lot of you bringing tears to my eyes, to be honest! 🗣️My speech @ScotPressAwards #ScottishPressAwards2025 👇
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These are the news stories that caught the attention of judges @ScotPressAwards #ScottishPressAwards2025 📝Murder mystery, corruption, injustice, true crime, and court reporting were the common themes⬇️
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🏆🏆🏆I’m honoured to be celebrating THREE award wins at last night’s @ScotPressAwards #ScottishPressAwards2025 in Glasgow: - SPECIALIST REPORTER OF THE YEAR - REGIONAL REPORTER OF THE YEAR - JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR 🗣️I’d like to share some thoughts…
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22 May 2025
The highly coveted Journalist of the Year award goes to @BryanRutherford of @pressjournal. Congratulations, Bryan. The award was presented by Jack Irvine from @mediahouseint. #ScottishPressAwards2025
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22 May 2025
Our next award celebrates the Regional Journalist of the Year. Well done to runner-up Dale Haslam of @pressjournal and winner, @BryanRutherford of @pressjournal. #ScottishPressAwards2025
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22 May 2025
The runner-up of the Specialist Reporter of the Year goes to @HMcArdleHT of @heraldscotland. And congratulations to @BryanRutherford from @pressjournal, who is this year’s winner #ScottishPressAwards2025
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Delighted with and grateful for being nominated in two categories of the @ScotPressAwards - Specialist Reporter of the Year and Regional Journalist of the Year. 2024 was a rollercoaster to say the least. Congrats & good luck to the other nominees.
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28 Jan 2025
Puzzled how @timesscotland managed to write this - witness quotes and all - when they didn’t have a reporter sitting in court. It’s almost like they lifted @pressjournal copy without attribution or payment 🤔
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