Donald Forbes was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 convicted murderer. Forbes was convicted and jailed on three separate occasions, twice for murder and once for drug offenses. He was at one time branded as "Scotland's most dangerous man".

Forbes was found guilty of murder in 1958 after a robbery at a fish factory in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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. During the robbery he murdered night watchman Allan Fisher. Forbes was originally sentenced to the death penalty but it was reduced to life imprisonment

Life imprisonment

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. 12 years after the offense Forbes was freed. Only weeks after being released Forbes committed murder again, this time in a pub during a brawl. He was jailed again, one year after the second imprisonment he escaped from the maximum security wing but was later caught. He was released in 1998. In 2003 he was branded "Scotland's oldest drugs baron". At the age of 68 Forbes was arrested for preparing large quantities of cocaine

Cocaine

Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...

 and cannabis

Cannabis

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for sale. Forbes was caught after an anonymous tip off.

Forbes died in hospital on 12 April, 2008 while still serving his prison sentence.