Former Scottish laird back in court ahead of appeal

A former Scottish laird who was jailed for twice plotting to murder a woman appeared in court today (mon) ahead of his appeal against an order banning him from contacting her. Malcolm Potier, 71, was jailed for six years in Australia in 2002 for soliciting a hitman to murder the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons. Potier paid a fellow detention centre inmate £4,600 to kill his victim and her boyfriend, but would-be assassin Alessandro Basso fled to…