Lyndsey Gardner, aged 26, pled guilty to be concerned in the supply of cocaine between the 28th of July and 27th of September 2021. Police raided her former home and found over £6,000 worth of the Class A drug. A tub full of cocaine was found in the utility room [...]

Sanderson, aged 29, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with a further five years extended sentence. His abuse of six women took place over a 13 year time period. He was convicted of carrying out multiple rape and sexual assaults between 2008 and 2020. One of his victims was only [...]

The case of Sean Hogg has evoked a significant amount of controversy. Sean Hogg was convicted by a jury of raping a 13 year old girl. The attacks took place in Dalkeith County Park on a number of occasions between March and June 2018. In sentencing Hogg the judge imposed [...]

Dale Montague pled guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to assaulting the woman to her severe injury, permanent disfigurement and impairment as well as to the danger of her life.  The court heard that the woman was victim to a ‘sustained assault’ which took place over several hours from [...]

Former police officer, Gavin Donaldson, met Anisha Yaseen when she was 17 years old. Donaldson was part of the team investigating allegations made by Ms Yaseen. Ms Yaseen was considered vulnerable at the time and had reported a rape allegation to police.  The court heard that Donaldson had taken a [...]

Gary Campbell has been convicted of directing sexual attacks on young girls in the Philippines from his home in Scotland. He was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh to 12 years imprisonment.  Campbell paid for the abuse to be carried out and he pled guilty to 13 charges including [...]

Martyn Coulter was cleared of charges of rape and assault at the High Court in Edinburgh. The police officer was accused of raping and assaulting a woman. He was also charged with raping, sexually assaulting, and assaulting a child under the age of 13 years old.  The jury acquitted him [...]

Graeme Scott pled guilty at Dumbarton Sheriff Court to preying on two women. The behaviour included threatening to rape one of them and sending intimate photos of the other woman to her young daughter.  The case was initially heard in the sheriff court; however, was sent to the High Court [...]

Frank Cairney, aged 87, was deemed unfit to stand trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court earlier this week. As a result, an examination of the fact hearing took place instead of a trial.  The court had previously heard that Cairney suffered from health problems including dementia. He was not required to [...]

Isla Bryson was convicted of raping two women when she was a man and at the time known as Adam Graham. The court heard that she met both victims online and targeted vulnerable women. Bryson denied the crimes but was found guilty in respect of both charges of rape.  The [...]