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 [...]

Stephen McCue was arrested at his home in Springburn after his property was raided and officers discovered approximately 10,000 tablets of street Valium. The prosecutor told the court that the wholesale value of the drugs was around £2,370 with a maximum street value of £8,000. Mr McCue pled guilty and [...]

Lord Carloway, the Lord Justice General, has issued a practice note which is hoped to reduce the backlog of summary cases at the Sheriff Court’s. The practice note provides for early meetings between the defence and the prosecution prior to the trial diet to establish if the matter can be [...]

Aaron Dines, aged 41, was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment following the attempted murder of Martin Nobel in Aberdeenshire in November 2018. Mr Dines was accused of stabbing Mr Nobel. Mr Dines had lodged a special defence of self-defence and was convicted following trial at Edinburgh High Court. The court [...]

Nicola Sturgeon has stated that the Scottish Government is actively considering bringing in legislation to make it illegal for people to travel out with their local authority area depending on the level of restrictions in that area as part of the effort to tackle coronavirus. At present people living in [...]