abstract:Raploch, known locally as The Raploch or The Raptap, is a district of the city of Stirling, which lies to the south of the River Forth in central Scotland.
Councillors were also told that the Prudential plan, combined with the nearby Castle Business Park, the Kildean Loop and the Raploch Regeneration Initiative could create one of the major economic and employment centres in Scotland.
Major developments under way include one of Scotland's largest urban regeneration projects at Raploch and Forthside, the new 40-acre city centre quarter under construction on the waterfront, as well as a new sports village at Forthbank.
Mr Duguid, from Raploch, Stirling, pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder and not guilty to another charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice, by putting the walking stick in undergrowth after the attack.