Mr Kevin Sinclair, the accountant to Mr David Paterson, had used his company, GD Accounting, to submit fraudulent VAT repayment claims for the company owned by Mr Paterson, Scone. Both accused had created false invoices as part of their fraud. Both men pled guilty at Dundee Sheriff Court on the [...]

The High Court has determined that the accused, Graham Turner, could not pervert the course of justice by simply stating his defence  to the charges. The accused had been charged with causing two deaths by dangerous driving. The accused stated that his defence was that a deer had run onto [...]

The Procurator Fiscal’s Office in Glasgow had lodged a Bill of Advocation challenging a Sheriff’s decision to refuse a motion to adjourn a trail to secure the attendance of a key crown witness which was successful in the Sheriff Appeal Court. The accused, Robert McIntyre, had been charged with sexually [...]

Following the stabbing and subsequent death of Tracy Walker in Lerwick on the 30th of July 2019, Ross MacDougall and Dawn Smith had been charged with her murder. Jurors at Edinburgh High Court had subsequently found them guilty with evidence led that the pair had sought to obtain money to buy [...]

The FDA trade union is set to ballot procurator fiscals for industrial action over a long running pay dispute which relates to solicitors at the crown office being paid less than those in the Scottish Government. The union has suggested that it is likely that its members shall be in [...]

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service quarterly statistics demonstrate that for the last quarter there were four times more criminal cases being brought to a conclusion than that of the first quarter of the year. During the latest quarter a total of 15,643 criminal cases were concluded. The level of [...]

Katherine Vaughan was employed as a production keeper by the Crown Office. During the course of a nine year period in her employment Ms Vaughan embezzled £91,832.82 in cash and took £147,000 worth of drugs including heroine and cocaine. A collection of other items of stolen evidence including a stun [...]

Mr Peter Krykant had set up a drugs consumption van in September 2020 providing addicts with sanitisers and clean needles.  He was then charged in October for obstruction under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf defended Mr Krykant in the Scottish Parliament stating: “That was really [...]

Robert Riggs had appealed his sentence and conviction for having left his firearm in an unlocked room whilst he went on holiday contrary to section 1(2) of the Firearms Act 1968. Mr Riggs had been sentenced to pay a fine of £3,000 which his appeal argued that the Sheriff had [...]

Colin McLaren, a police officer, is facing road traffic charges alleging that he drove a police van dangerously by driving on the wrong side of the road and causing injury to a motorcyclist. Mr McLaren faces a further charge that he provided false information to the investigating officers and thereby [...]