SHERIFF SENTENCES MAN IN BACK OF VAN A Sheriff at Selkirk Sheriff Court was forced to sentence Mr Long in the back of a prison van after he refused to leave. Mr Long had been found guilty of an assault involving a machete. Mr Long’s behaviour was reported to be [...]

Mr Kinsella has appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court charged with the theft of eight puppies and carrying a blade in public. The bulldog puppies were stolen from a Castlemilk home when children were present and the accused persons were said to be in possession of a knife. Another two men [...]

Mr Stephen Mack and his nephew, Mr Jackson Mack, have been jailed for 11 and 10 years respectfully for culpable homicide. Originally both men were tried for murder. Both men have been convicted of attacking Mr Anderson striking him with a machete. Lady Rae had stated when sentencing both men [...]

Police Scotland have launched an appeal after a North Lanarkshire man, aged 59, was abducted then later found near death on the street. The man who was found on an Airdrie street was taken to hospital where he later died. It is alleged he was forced in to a dark [...]

Justice Spokesperson for the Lib Dems, Mr McArther, has written in an open letter to the Lord Advocate highlighting concerns published on the fatal accident enquiry in to the death of HMP Prisoner, Allan Marshall. His death was in 2015 as a result of a heart attack. However, evidence heard [...]

The University of Strathclyde have stated they will hold an inquiry in to the handling of complaints of sexual misconduct after a former professor, Mr O'Gorman, was convicted of sexual assaults against students at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last week. Mr O’Gorman was previously employed by the University and also Herriot [...]

A 34-year-old woman, Ms Brown, has been charged with an attempted murder after an attack on an elderly man on his doorstep at his Glasgow Home. The man was taken to hospital as a result of serious injuries and has now been described as stable. The woman has appeared at [...]

Police Scotland are appealing for information in relation to an alleged armed robbery that took place on a Greenock shop in Belville Street last Saturday. One man in his early twenties had entered the shop masked and threatened the workers before leaving with a small sum of money. There is [...]

Mr Hayden has been charged with the attempted murder of a 15 year old child and also has been charged with behaving in a threatening and abusive manner in relation to the same incident. The teenager is now believed to be in a stable condition. The incident is alleged to [...]

A man is due to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court charged in connection with the death of Mr Clelland in Galston last week. It has been reported to the police that prior to the body of Mr Clelland being found in the flat there had been a disturbance the previous [...]