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| Tourist attacker jailed for life | Tourist attacker jailed for life |
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| A 34-year-old man who left a US tourist for dead after beating her with a metal pipe has been sentenced to life imprisonment. | A 34-year-old man who left a US tourist for dead after beating her with a metal pipe has been sentenced to life imprisonment. |
| Colin Ross attacked school teacher Marty Layman-Mendonca as she walked near Inverness in July. | Colin Ross attacked school teacher Marty Layman-Mendonca as she walked near Inverness in July. |
| The 57-year-old primary school teacher from Vermont was left in a coma and later died after being flown to the US. | The 57-year-old primary school teacher from Vermont was left in a coma and later died after being flown to the US. |
| Ross became the first person to get an Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR), meaning he will be monitored for life. | Ross became the first person to get an Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR), meaning he will be monitored for life. |
| Sentencing Ross at the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Wheatley ordered him to serve at least 20 years before he is considered for parole. | Sentencing Ross at the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Wheatley ordered him to serve at least 20 years before he is considered for parole. |
| Ross, who admitted her attempted murder at an earlier hearing, was told that he had committed a "savage and senseless" assault on a defenceless middle-aged woman. | Ross, who admitted her attempted murder at an earlier hearing, was told that he had committed a "savage and senseless" assault on a defenceless middle-aged woman. |
| Northern Constabulary, whose officers found Ms Layman-Mendonca and later arrested Ross, welcomed the sentence. | |
| Ross was the subject of a Sexual Offence Prevention Order (SOPO) when he launched his attack. | |
| German tourist | German tourist |
| The OLR is part of new measures introduced in June and is aimed at stopping dangerous criminals from re-offending by monitoring them for life. | The OLR is part of new measures introduced in June and is aimed at stopping dangerous criminals from re-offending by monitoring them for life. |
| The attack happened less than a month after Ross, of Waterloo Place, Inverness, was freed from a three-year jail sentence for attacking a female German tourist in 2004. | The attack happened less than a month after Ross, of Waterloo Place, Inverness, was freed from a three-year jail sentence for attacking a female German tourist in 2004. |
| The school teacher was walking the Great Glen Ways | The school teacher was walking the Great Glen Ways |
| After assaulting Ms Layman-Mendonca stole from her, tied her wrists together with shoelaces and dumped her in woods. | After assaulting Ms Layman-Mendonca stole from her, tied her wrists together with shoelaces and dumped her in woods. |
| The tourist was on her third visit to Scotland and had been walking the last six miles of a solo trek along the Great Glen Ways, south of Inverness, when Ross struck. | |
| She was later found by police after a companion reported her missing. | She was later found by police after a companion reported her missing. |
| After being treated at Raigmore Hospital Ms Layman-Mendonca was flown to a medical centre near her home in Vermont in September. | After being treated at Raigmore Hospital Ms Layman-Mendonca was flown to a medical centre near her home in Vermont in September. |
| She was later transferred to a rehabilitation centre in Bangor, Maine, where she died. | She was later transferred to a rehabilitation centre in Bangor, Maine, where she died. |