The appellant, JH, was convicted of assaulting family members over a two year period. He has appealed this conviction, arguing that the jury had been misdirected on what is required for corroboration.  The charges concerned an assault on his partner’s son where he struck him on the head, punched him, [...]

Liam Nelson, aged 26, first pled guilty to assaulting his partner at his home address. The court heard that Nelson had been drinking and started to argue with the woman.  The prosecution stated that "He slapped her on the head and face and pushed her into the bedroom. He grabbed [...]

Two men, Lewis Spence and Connor Steele appealed against their conviction for attempted murder. They argued that the trial was unfair as it was conducted remotely due to Covid measures that were in place at the time. Mr Spence additionally appealed against his sentence claiming that it was unduly excessive.  [...]

Jennifer Tait has been sentenced to two years in prison after stalking victims that she met on dating sites and falsely telling them that she was pregnant.  The parties would meet through the dating app ‘Plenty of Fish.’ It transpired that after a very short term relationship between Jennifer and [...]

John O’Flaherty has been found guilty of 7 offences against multiple girls between 1980 and 1996.  The offences occurred at various locations in Edinburgh including a storage unit and an ice cream van.  Two of the victims were young children, one aged 7 and another just a young teenager at [...]

Iain Packer has been convicted following a 5 week trial at Glasgow High Court.  The investigation was reopened in 2015 after instruction from the Lord Advocate. He was facing 36 charges against 25 women. He was convicted of 33 charges including 2 indecent assaults, two sexual assaults, and 11 rapes [...]

Lee Woods has pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to impersonating a nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow. He accessed various areas of the hospital including the maternity unit, A&E department, the children wards and the resuscitation departments.  Woods dressed in a Nurse uniform and made his way [...]

Maria Gardiner, Michael Anderson and James Houston appeared in Glasgow High Court charged with the murder of Brian Maley following a brutal attack that occurred on the 8th of February 2022.  The three accused attacked Maley using knives and chisels at his home address in Springburn. The court heard how [...]

A man has lodged an appeal against his conviction for anally raping his 15 year old ex-girlfriend. His appeal was submitted on the basis that the jury would have been confused by statements made by the prosecution.  Counsel for the appellant argued that the jury were wrongly directed in relation [...]

Barry Harvey, Darren Owen and Thomas Guthrie appeared at Glasgow High Court for a trial that continued on for 12 weeks.  Harvey was convicted for the murder of Gary More. He had been paid a substantial sum of money to shoot Gary More on the 6th September 2018. He fired [...]