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A woman with a history of psychiatric illness has admitted killing a man she regarded as "kind, decent and gentle." Melanie Stevenson stabbed Robert Brereton twenty-six times after wrongly believing that she was in danger. In other news: the Energy Secretary has pledged to "get tough" with the six biggest energy companies, to tackle spiralling prices; key proposals in a Scottish Government bill aimed at stamping out offensive and sectarian behaviour could fall foul of the European Convention of Human rights; police are after a black cat was found dumped in a wheelie bin outside a flat in Aberdeen. In sport: it’s a busy night of Scottish Communites League Cup third round action. Among the ties, Aberdeen and Dundee United face potential banana skins against second division. This is an international version of the news which may have been edited for rights reasons.