Stephanie Bowie stabbed 21-year-old Darren Russell twice in the chest. The incident took place on New Year’s Day 2021 in Erskine, Renfrewshire. Bowie argued that the stabbing was accidental and that she has ‘accidentally’ wounded the deceased and had used the knife to frighten him.  However, at trial she was [...]

Gary Curran pled guilty to laundering £28,000 from building work on a pensioner. He received three cheques which he attempted to withdraw. This money was from roofing work made payable to Curran which had allegedly been carried out for a pensioner by Irish travellers.  Curran told police that he was [...]

William Wright was found guilty of sexually abusing his school pupils for almost 20 years. He was sentenced to a four-year custodial sentence. He has now requested to serve his sentence at his own home. This was rejected by the parole board as it was determined that he still poses [...]

Dr Manesh Gill was found guilty and imprisoned for four years for the rape of a woman he met on tinder.  The court heard that the married doctor had set up a profile on tinder under the name of ‘Mike’. A woman he had been communicating with agreed to meet [...]

A former advocate has been convicted of historical sexual abuse of four children.  John Watt was extradited to Scotland from the US due to allegations of abuse against three girls and a boy over a 14-year period. The offences took places during the 1970s and 1980s  He denied the offences. [...]

Sami Uli Jabbar was travelling at around 80mph in a 30mph zone when his car collided with Harley Smith. Aged 16. The court heard that at the time of the incident conditions were dark and foggy.  The school pupil was struck when he attempted to cross Polmont Road at Laurieston. [...]

Krishna Singh, from Airdrie, was found guilty of sexual offences against patients under his care. The offences took place between 1984 and 2018.  Singh claimed that he had been using examination techniques which he had learned whilst training in India. His actions were against would and included four girls under [...]

Jordan Duncan and Stephen Fairservice attacked the 17 year old and left him with a broken jaw. The incident took place on the 4th of May 2018.  Both are first time offenders and pled guilty to assaulting the boy to his severe injury, disfigurement and the danger of his life [...]

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 [...]