The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal have lodged a first notice in order to start procedures for a fatal accident of Robert Chalmers. Mr Chalmers died at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh after being transferred from HMP Edinburgh.  A Preliminary Hearing is set to take place on the [...]

James McArdle, 64 admitted to sexually assaulting a 74-year old woman who was suffering from Alzheimer disease. The victim had a Ring doorbell camera which was installed by her family members in order for them to be able to check up on her. Mr McArdle was permitted to enter [...]

Mark Campbell, 37 was convicted at Edinburgh High Court for killing his partner by striking her with a tyre iron. Mr Campbell was also found guilty with several different charges including assaults and sexual offences against several different women in the Fife area.  Jane Fitzpatrick’s body was found in [...]

Justin McLaughlin was stabbed at High Street train station in Glasgow on the 16th October 2021 by an 18-year old boy Daniel Hag.  Mr Hag admitted to stabbing Justin however denies the murder.  A 14-year old girl who had been with Justin on the day of the stabbing stated [...]

Within the past 12 months police have managed to seize millions of pounds worth of drugs across Fife. Over the last year £8 million worth of drugs have been recovered according to the police including cocaine, heroin and cannabis.  Between May 2022 and 2023 it was found that police [...]

Malcolm Leask aged 35 was found guilty for a string of offences against women at the High Court in Stirling in 2023. He was found guilty for violent offences against children along with animals. Mr Leask was convicted on Wednesday the 26th April 2023 and was sentenced at Edinburgh [...]

The Parole Board have argued that Colin Pitchfork should be released from prison as it was no longer necessary for the prison to protect the public from Colin Pitchfork. Although Pitchfork committed a number of serious offences causing endless harm to his victims the Parole Board noted it was [...]

The appellant committed the first rape in August 2020 after the victim, who was a middle-aged woman, was intoxicated at the time of the incident. The appellant followed the victim and raped her where two witnesses then found the victim lying on the ground along with the appellant who [...]

Ethan Cruz was convicted of forcing two ex-partners into sex work. He forced them into performing webcam shows at his flat. He later forced one of the women into prostitution where she would be having sex with up to 15 men a day, whilst Cruz profited.  Cruz stated in [...]

Mark Newman began committing sex crimes when he was 13 years old. The jury convicted him of five charges, four of which were unanimous verdicts. On hearing the verdict Newman stated that the proceedings were ‘a total farce’ and that the jury had been misled. However, at sentencing his defence [...]