Stuart Kennedy was convicted at Aberdeen Sheriff Court of two offenses under the Sexual Offenses (Scotland) Act 2009 after a hen party incident where he engaged in non-consensual physical contact with two women.  He received a community payback order with 12 months of supervision and appealed, arguing that the trial [...]

Justice Secretary Angela Constance has launched a consultation to gather opinions on how to reduce the trauma experienced by bereaved families of child homicide victims, particularly due to media and social media coverage. The consultation, which remains open for responses until next month, explores several potential measures, including whether the [...]

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, a 33-year-old Greenock Morton footballer, has been charged with attempting to smuggle £600,000 worth of cannabis through Stansted Airport. He was arrested by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers after 60kg of the drug was found in suitcases from Bangkok. Emmanuel-Thomas is set to appear in court, while two [...]

A full reinvestigation has been ordered into the murder of Alistair Wilson, a father of two, who was shot on his doorstep in Nairn, Scottish Highlands, nearly 20 years ago. The 30-year-old was killed on November 28, 2004, while his two young sons were inside the house. Despite multiple appeals [...]

Steven McGarry, 37, was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison after police found a handgun and live ammunition at his home in Paisley.  During a search of McGarry's two-bedroom home, police found the weapon and 15 rounds of ammunition hidden in a sports bag. The gun had [...]

All young people under 18 have now been transferred from young offenders institutions such as HMYOI Polmont to more child-friendly secure units. This decision follows the suicides of young people while in detention and new law. Until recently, nine youths were held at Polmont Young Offenders Institution, but the last [...]

Prosecutors have made Scottish legal history by using proceeds of crime legislation to seize and convert a cryptocurrency stash into physical cash. John Ross Rennie, 29, has been ordered to hand over £109,601 after his legal team reached an agreement with Crown prosecutors that the amount was derived from criminal [...]

Recorded crime in Scotland has increased over the past year, with domestic abuse cases up by 22% and shoplifting incidents rising by 34%, according to Police Scotland. Official statistics indicate that 300,070 crimes were recorded in the year leading up to June 2024, marking a 3% increase from the previous [...]

The UK's first official drug consumption room is set to open in Glasgow on October 21 to help address Scotland's drug-related death crisis. The £2.3 million facility, located at the Hunter Street Health and Social Care Centre in Glasgow's East End, will allow up to 30 individuals to inject drugs [...]

Scotland’s Justice Secretary, Angela Constance, reiterated her call for the decriminalisation of personal drug use and defended police warnings for heroin users during an event marking the 10th anniversary of the Scottish Crime Campus. The £73 million facility in Gartcosh focuses on tackling organised crime, but Constance faced criticism for [...]