Rape threat knife thug is freed early

A KNIFE-WIELDING thug who threatened to rape a cop's six-year-old daughter is to be released early from jail under the Scottish Government's controversial scheme to ease overcrowding.

- GORDON CURRIE

Mark Moore who was jailed for 140 weeks in November last year - will get out today.

Moore, 34, from Perth, will be freed seven months after being sentenced to nearly three years in prison for multiple assault and knifecarrying charges.

In a separate case, the yob subjected police officers to a horrific drink-fuelled tirade of abuse and made specific sexual threats targeting one of the officer's children in March 2022.