Sentences were handed down for crimes including sexual assault, drugs smuggling, murder, and historic sex abuse at a children’s home. Sign up for our Breaking Newsletter and stay up to date on the latest news stories from Edinburgh and the Lothians. A man who caused “fear and alarm” was sentenced to 12 months in jail in connection with sexual offences which happened near the Water of Leith walkway in Edinburgh. A former Miss Scotland was convicted of biting bouncers during a drunken racist outburst at a rugby tournament in Edinburgh. And, a 25-year-old man was convicted of murder and an attempted murder in Edinburgh two years ago.