"The junkies had themselves a field day, they didn't care for the safety of the overseas tourists, no sir. They would stop at nothing. Some tourists were left bloodied and battered on the sacred ground of the Wallace Monument, minus their video cameras and the likes. The camera's were soon sold to a fence in the Raploch for pennies, compared to the actual price it was worth, then the junkies didn't waste much time getting to Big Mags' door with the £20 that they had got from the local fence in the nearby neighbourhood."

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"The junkies had themselves a field day, they didn't care for the safety of the overseas tourists, no sir. They would stop at nothing. Some tourists were left bloodied and battered on the sacred ground of the Wallace Monument, minus their video cameras and the likes. The camera's were soon sold to a fence in the Raploch for pennies, compared to the actual price it was worth, then the junkies didn't waste much time getting to Big Mags' door with the £20 that they had got from the local fence in the nearby neighbourhood."

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