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 [...]

Russell Laing appeared at Greenock Sheriff court for harassing his Wife, Paula Nicholas.  Paula Nicholas was a Detective Inspector and applied for an International post to provide her with a reason to relocate and leave the country to escape her Husband’s abuse.  Laing was accused of threatening and abusive behaviour [...]

Jordan Mitchell had been sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to three offences.  Mitchell attend Forth Valley Royal Hospital on the 5th October 2021. When at hospital, he told staff that he had been cut by a knife. Mitchell then produced said knife creating the first offence [...]

Ciaran Dickson, 22, has been jailed for striking Aidan Pilkington, 18, in September 2021.  The former football player, got behind the wheel of his car after he had consumed a number of beers and cocktails with a friend.  He was driving at excess speeds when he struck the victim [...]