The accused, Ian Baird, pled guilty to assaulting his partner during an altercation in May 2023.  The couple had been drinking outside in the garden when matters escalated into an argument between Mr Baird and his partner. The accused followed the complainer into the house, despite her attempts to [...]

A 48 year old man,Keith Ballentine, has been fined after a neighbour witnessed him performing a sex act in the common area of their flat.  Mr Ballentine was seen to be performing oral sex on Kimberley Finnigan, witnessed by a neighbour who had to walk past the public display. [...]

A 32 year old man, Grant Drummond, appeared in Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier this week.  He was accused of assault following an altercation on the dance floor at The Hive in Edinburgh. Despite staying out of the initial disturbance, Mr Drummond soon became involved delivering one single punch to [...]

Following the introduction of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act, record will be ‘clean’ after a period of seven years if no further offences are committed.  Those convicted of less serious crimes that receive a custodial sentence of four years of more will benefit from this reform.  The [...]

Stephen McCafferty, aged 26, has been remanded after assaulting a police officer. Mr McCafferty admitted to biting one officer’s finger, breaking a house window and behaving in an abusive manner by shouting at a second police officer.  Despite his defence agent pleading mitigating circumstances due to a difficult past [...]

The new governor of HMP Edinburgh said that prisoners are now taking synthetic drugs and new forms of benzodiazepines that are having extreme reactions due to their increased effectiveness. It was found that drones are increasingly being used to smuggle drugs and weapons into prisoners. It was noted that [...]

Connor Thomas aged 27-years old has allegedly repeatedly stabbed Joseph McGready in a flat near Glasgow City Centre.  Joseph later died in hospital after police found him injured in the flat just after midnight. Connor Thomas was accused of murder along with another a female named Amanda Welsh. Both [...]

Mr Hendry died on the 28th February 2020 while transferring from a work boat to a floating structure known as the Sea Cap at the Company’s fish farm.  The FAI follows the prosecution and the conviction of Fife based Mowi Scotland Limited in 2003 for breaches of health and [...]

Christopher McGowan denies killing Claire Inglis at her flat in November 2021. Procurator Chris Fyfee KC said in his closing speech that “Ms Inglis death was no mystery” meaning that it was a brutal attack and there is only one personal responsible for this. A special defence of self [...]

Sean Hogg aged 22-years old  pled guilty for attacking a girl twice at Dalkeith Country Park in 2018 when he was 17 years-old.  The accused avoided prison after judge Lord Lake consulted Scotland’s new sentencing guidelines for people aged less than 25 years old.  Lawyers who represented Mr Hogg [...]