The Court of the Justiciary in Glasgow has refused a joint appeal against the convictions of six men convicted of conspiring to murder, on the basis that the trial judge had failed to investigate allegations of jury bias. The six men were convicted after a lengthy trial in 2019 and [...]

The controversial Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill 2021 has been passed by the Scottish Parliament, despite widespread criticism and fears that it could impact freedom of expression and lead to “frivolous complaints”, according to former MP Jim Sillars. The bill, which expands protections for members of the LGBTQ community, as [...]

Marcus Wishart was convicted of failing to stop and report an accident under the Road Traffic Accident in Kirkaldy Justice of the Peace Court. It was claimed that he had hit another vehicle in a leisure centre car park while trying to park his own vehicle. Mr Wishart did not stop [...]

Ross Platt aged 44, who had 15 previous convictions for violent offences, pled guilty to assaulting a 14 year old girl and was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment in addition to serving the unexpired portion of a previous conviction following his release on licence. It was narrated that Mr Platt [...]

Dean Write had ran over a teenager whilst under the influence of alcohol and drugs. He was found guilty of the murder of Liam Hendry who was 18 at the time on the 29th of September 2019. At trial the court heard how Mr Wright had driven a van at Mr [...]

William Beggs, who is serving a life sentence in HMP Edinburgh, sought to challenge the decision of the prison authorities not progress him through the route to parole by moving him to a lower security prison has had his case refused. William Beggs punishment element of his sentence ended on [...]

Cameron House admitted to breaches of fire safety rules which led to the death of Richard Dyson and his partner Simon Midgley in the hotel fire in December 2017. The night porter, Christopher O’Malley, had placed a plastic bag of ash in a cupboard which contained kindling and newspapers which [...]

In an effort to reduce the pressure on local authorities during coronavirus the unpaid work element of most community payback orders will be reduced by 35% through new regulations. As court business is heading towards near normality (compared with pre-covid) and the capacity of local authorities to deliver unpaid work [...]

Robert Ferrier, 21 years old, had been released from prison days before committing a rape of a 14 year old girl on a platform at Bogston Railway station in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde. Mr Ferrier had been serving a sentence for possession of a knife while on bail prior to his [...]

Lesley Dykes, owner of Crusoe Hotel in Lower Largo and Dunnikier House Hotel in Kirkcaldy, has been jailed for two years following a £380,000 VAT fraud. It was revealed that between August 2011 and July 2014 she had submitted false tax returns for the hotels and failed to submit any [...]