It seems it wasn't only freed Death Row prisoner Kenny Richey who was stunned by the huge media hack pack awaiting him as he arrived at Edinburgh Airport on a flight from Frankfurt.
Kaye Adams, former anchor of ITV's popular daytime show Loose Women, was also caught up in the glare, arriving with young child in arm, to find herself facing dozens of members of Her Majesty's Press.
My source at the airport said: "She may have been returning from holiday but seemed a bit stunned by a huge media prescence as she came out of international arrivals. She had no make up on, was carrying a toddler and seemed a bit surprised by it all."
So did Kaye get a scoop from Richey as he touched down in his "homeland" for the first time since 1981? Most definitely no, but I know a woman who did. Also seen in the television pictures, keeping a close eye on Richey and making sure he said as little as possible to the waiting pack, was the Scottish Mail on Sunday's Patricia Kane who had accompanied the Scot back to Edinburgh. The MoS and The People are the two newspapers which have bought up his story and Patricia and her team will by now have Richey holed up in some hideaway hotel, wringing every cough and splutter out of him to ensure they get their monies-worth.
I was fortunate never to be involved in the Richey saga during my time at the Daily Record, which blew hot and cold on the story over the years. I say fortunate because of ex-Evening News news editor Simon Bradshaw's advice to me on dealing with questionable stories - "Always go with your gut feeling".
My gut feeling - the US justice system got it right and we will find out soon enough if Mr Death Row Scot is a chancer. I will be surprised if the tabloid pay cheques are not pissed away within a year and Richey has swapped a US jail for HMP Edinburgh.
Thursday, 10 January 2008
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