Graham Curran was found guilty of trafficking 2.4 million pounds worth of cocaine. The offence was aggravated by a link to serious organised crime. Curran was sentenced to carry out 225 hours of unpaid work. However, the Crown challenged the sentence, and the appeal court quashed it and imposed a [...]
The judgment reveals how the appeal court ruled that Ms McGarry had suffered a miscarriage of justice after initially pleading guilty to the charges. McGarry pled guilty in 2019 and was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for embezzlement. However, she then successfully appealed against a sheriff’s decision not to allow [...]
Two men were convicted of attempting to communicate with children for sexual gratification. This was based on evidence from paedophile hunter groups. The men argued that the evidence that came from the groups had been unfairly obtained and that their pleas in bar of trial based on oppression should have [...]
It was submitted on behalf of the accused that the evidence led in respect of two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices were not mutually corroborative. At trial the judge accepted the no case to answer submission. The complainers were a brother and sister who had been neighbours of [...]
Jordan Owens, 27, escaped to Europe after the murder of 23 year old Jamie Lee. Owens went on the run after shooting Jamie Lee in Castlemilk nearby a children’s play park. It was heard by the court that there was a low-level feud between the Owens and Lees families. The [...]
Shaun Rimmer was convicted of hitting and killing a pedestrian whilst attempting to flee police. On the 16th of August 2021 Rimmer was caught speeding on Great Northern Road, Aberdeen. Rimmer hit 48-year old pedestrian Simon Musabayana and then drove off. Mr Musabayana was rushed to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and [...]
The number of individuals on remand in Scotland has risen from 16 per cent to 27 per cent. Emma Jardine of Howard League Scotland stated that this increase is ‘unfathomable’. The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill seeks to extend the statutory time limit by 180 days. As a result, [...]
Liam Stewart admitted to the supply of ecstasy between March and August 2019. He was then sentenced at Livingston Sheriff Court to a 45-month custodial sentence. Stewart supplied a gram of ecstasy to a 16 year old school girl who then shared the drug with her friend, aged 15. The [...]
High School music teacher, Matthew Birch, has been convicted of two girls, having sex with another and engaging in sexual activity with others. All of the acts were carried out whilst he was in a position of trust. The court heard that the 45 year old preyed on vulnerable pupils [...]
Nikolaos Karvounakis, 35, pled guilty to the terrorism offence at Edinburgh High Court. On the 11th of January 2018, members of the public found the bomb inside a cardboard box which had been left in a shelter at Princess Street Gardens in Edinburgh. When council staff arrived, they found a [...]
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