Figures released by the Crown Office show hate crimes are increasing across Scotland. The number of charges for the period 2019-20 reported an increase in all categories of hate crime compared to the figures from the previous year. Racial crime is the most common leading to 3,038 charges in 2019-20 [...]

Schools in Scotland will re-open following the Summer Holidays on 11 August 2020. The Education Secretary, John Swinney has confirmed that parents who refuse to send their children back due to fears surrounding coronavirus face prosecution. Under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, parents have a legal responsibility to ensure their children [...]

Liam MacDonald, 33 was found not guilty of being in possession of cannabis resin at Inverness Sheriff Court on 10 June 2020 in the first criminal case to be held remotely in Scottish history. Sheriff Gary Aitken presided over the summary trial at Inverness Sheriff Court. The prosecutor, defence solicitor, [...]

James Hurst, 28 an ex-West Brom and Wrexham footballer has been remanded in custody after being found guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court of coughing at Police Officers and telling them he had coronavirus. Mr Hurst had contacted the Police claiming to be the victim of domestic abuse. When the officers [...]

A man described by the High Court as “manipulative, violent and controlling…..who would do anything to get his own way” has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment. Craig Harkins, 40 was convicted in February 2020 of 16 charges against four different women, including the rape of two and the repeated [...]

Gavin MacDonald, 52 was sentenced to 27 month imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 24 year old woman. The trial heard that Mr MacDonald had locked the female inside a room, touched and rubbed her inappropriately and penetrated her vagina with his fingers to her injury. Mr MacDonald’s position throughout the [...]

Mr Cameron has received a life sentence after he was found guilty of attempting to murder two nurses from Northern Ireland outside an Edinburgh hotel in November 2018. He also injured a third man who attempted to assist the women which he pled guilty to. The three people were not [...]

A father and his son have been charged after a quantity of a psychoactive substance named Kratom was seized at two airports, one being Edinburgh Airport. Kratom is illegal under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. The market value is believed by the Police to have a market value of £60,000. [...]

Mr Lindsay has received a four-month prison sentence after coughing at two police officers. The man who appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court has pled guilty to endangering police officers by the assault. The 48-year-old man is understood to be the first sentenced since the Covid 19 outbreak for such an [...]

Ms Sutherlay has pled guilty at the High Court in Glasgow before Lord Matthews to culpable homicide after the death of a 40-year-old man. Although no narration was read in court it was reported how Ms Sutherlay attacked the man in Paisley in the summer of last year. The woman [...]