Shane Young repeatedly punched and kicked the now deceased Mr Marshall to the head and body. The attack resulted in Marshall breaking every bone in his face before he was stabbed to death. The incident took place at Richard Marshall’s flat in Blantyre.  After the attack, Young then stabbed Marshall [...]

Ben McCulloch turned on his friend Stephen Quigley at this home in Barrhead. He struck the now deceased on the side of his head with a knife. He then drove his friend to a closed section of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.  Quigley who was injured and disorientated attempted [...]

Fugitive Nicholas Rossi is facing extradition to America as he faces two accusations of rape. He is now also being accused of forcing a woman into a bedroom and sexually assaulting her. This third allegation will for part of his extradition case.  The 35-year-old is claiming that he is an [...]

Remus Covaciu was extradited from France to stand trial for raping a teenage girl. In November 2013 Covaciu was due to appear at the High Court in Edinburgh to face the charge. However, he failed to appear a court. At this time a warrant was issued for his arrest.  Covaciu [...]

Crown Office has failed to apologise to a woman who was wrongly arrested in Aberdeen. Miah Duffy, aged 22, was arrested and spent a night in custody due to the incompetency of Crown Office staff.  Ms Duffy was arrested as she failed to attend court as a Crown witness at [...]

Margaret Ferrier, the MP for Hamilton and Rutherglen, has plead guilty to culpably and recklessly travelling from Scotland to London after being told to self-isolate with Covid in September 2020. Ferrier previously tendered a plea of not guilty to the charge. However, she changed her plea to guilty before the [...]

Michael Dorey plead guilty to murder at the High Court in Glasgow. He admitted to stabbing his ex-partner’s mother more than 30 times at her home in Glasgow. Dorey claims that he has no memory of carrying out the act.  The body of Jacqueline Grant was found by one of [...]

Ian Ramsay from Kelson was found guilty of sexual abuse and violence towards partners and ex-partners. He was also convicted of stalking women with whom he had been in a relationship with.  Ramsay was convicted of 16 charges against 9 complainers from 2014 until 2020. Two victims were raped whilst [...]

Jordan Owens was found guilty of murdering Jamie Lee. The trial judge imposed a life sentence with a punishment part of 23 years. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of Joseph Lee and for this he was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, this sentence was to be served [...]

A former senior Scottish lawyer was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh of five charges involving the sexual abuse of four children. The charges took place over a 14-year period and involved three young girls and a boy.  Watt was extradited from the United States to stand trial. He [...]