13/08/2026
This is the devastating reality of rough sleeping.
We are reposting this Channel 5 News report about a man who has been sentenced to life in prison after killing a rough sleeper by dropping a concrete slab on his head.
He has been given a life sentence and rightly so.
But this should also send a powerful message to councils across the country when people are left with no option but to sleep on the streets, their lives are put at risk.
Nobody should be left exposed, vulnerable and without a safe place to sleep.
Rough sleeping isnโt just a housing issue it can be a matter of life and death.
Enough is enough. Get people off the streets and into safe accommodation. The Scottish Government need to listen and act !