Figures from the National Records of Scotland illustrated that 1,051 people died of drug misuse in 2022. This is the first significant drop following years of record high totals.  Although the rate has dropped Scotland still continues to be the worst affected in the United Kingdom and the rest [...]

Barry Smith a former serviceman who joined a motorbike gang has been jailed for eight years for attempting to murder a member of a rival group. The accused carried out the attack in July 2021 and allegedly acted like a support driver for Satans Slaves, the group he belonged [...]

A man who was convicted of indecent practices against young boys between 1993 and 2011 appeal has been refused by the High Court of Justiciary. Appellant DW was convicted of two accounts of vulgar, indecent practices one at common law and another under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 [...]

Lewis Barrie has been jailed for 8 years for repeatedly raping a woman over a three-year period. Mr Barrie committed these offences against the victim between 2016 and 2019. The Court heard that some of the rapes occurred when the victim was asleep and was also told that he [...]

Gerard McTaggart aged 47-years old acted as a ‘wage’ paymaster to elite gangland figures and their families has now been jailed for four years and eight years. Mr McTaggart was found delivering bags containing thousands of pounds to several locations linked to organised crime. The accused was sentenced at [...]

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service have now lodged a first notice to begin the court process for an accident inquiry into the death of Wallace Hunter.  Wallace Hunter aged-75 –years-old died from scalding injuries on the 1st December 2019 while being a guest a Pitlochary Hydro Hotel [...]

Robert Gray who has 88 previous convictions left M&S worker Scott Thomson unconscious after he raided the M&S Foodhall in Dundee.  The High Court in Edinburgh was told that Mr Gray thought that he killed Mr Thomson.  Mr Gray was on four bail orders at the time of the [...]

Barlinnie is Scotland’s largest jail and is so overcrowded and outdated that it could suffer from a tragic failure at any time according to its governor. At this present time Barlinnie is running at a 140% capacity with just under 1,400 individuals when it is only designed for 987 [...]

 A 67-year old man was taken into hospital after a car ploughed into his house in Glenrothes. A women aged 18- years old was a passenger of a Vauxhall Corsa who was also taken to hospital. A white car was seen inside the front room of the property after [...]

A drugs ring has been caught smuggling cocaine worth more than £1bn into boxes of frozen chicken.  It was found that massive shipments of drugs were unpacked at a warehouse near Birmingham and have now been distributed around the United Kingdom according to Prosecutors.  Prosecutor Stephan Grattage told the [...]