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 [...]

Przemyslaw Gal was convicted of forcing open a secure door and stealing money from a restaurant in Edinburgh.  It was argued by the appellant that the summary sheriff did not have sufficient evidence to convict him of the crime. The Crown case was based on evidence from the restaurants manager [...]

The appellant, Patrick Hattie, argued that at trial the judge had provided insufficient directions to the jury in respect of the appellant’s police interview. At trial the appellant was found guilty of 3 contraventions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The court heard that the appellant rented a yard [...]

The High Court has refused a Crown appeal against a sheriff’s decision that an indictment against a former teacher should be deserted.  It was submitted for the respondent, Paul Cooney, that the Lord Advocate had renounced the right to prosecute through a letter dated the 21st of December 1992. The [...]

Lindsay Lowe who repeatedly stabbed her former partner has been cleared by a jury of attempted murder. Instead, the jury found her guilty of assaulting Steven Clarke to his severe injury under provocation.  The incident occurred in Broxburn where Lowe admitted to attacking Clarke eight times with a four-inch kitchen [...]

Neil Anderson was convicted at Glasgow High Court for the murder of Gary More in September 2018. He was found guilty of the part he played in the assassination of the deceased. He was sentenced to 21 years and 9 months imprisonment.  An appeal against both conviction and sentence was [...]

An Edinburgh man was convicted under section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 after he entered a flat one floor above his own whilst naked. It was argued on behalf of the appellant that the sheriff had erred in convicting him as he had no intention [...]

Daniel Stewart has been found guilty of two knife attacks in Dundee. Stewart repeatedly stabbed the victim Raymond Harvison and injured the victim’s daughter, Chloe, when she attempted to help her Father.  The incident took place in June 2017 at a flat in Dundee. Stewart admitted assaulting Mr Harvison and [...]