David McGregor, a 50-year-old offshore worker from Edinburgh, was sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to smuggle a handgun into the UK.  US law enforcement intercepted a package in June 2023 containing a Sig Sauer 365XL handgun, which was intended for McGregor's ex-partner in Dundee.  McGregor had searched [...]

Ross Bradley, 37, and Connor McNeil, 28, were jailed for their involvement in trafficking cocaine and cannabis worth over £100,000 into Shetland. The pair, who were stopped by police at Aberdeen and Lerwick ferry terminals in January, had 124g of cocaine and nearly 7kg of cannabis in their car.  The [...]

Thomas Forrest, 24, inhaled nitrous oxide while driving through a McDonald's drive-thru in Stirling and later sped down a road, causing his car to briefly leave the ground. Witnesses reported hearing gas being released and saw Forrest repeatedly consuming nitrous oxide from a balloon. After police arrived, Forrest fled on [...]

Daniel Robertson, convicted of the rape of MM and AF and sentenced to seven years in prison, appealed on the grounds that he was unable to properly complete his testimony, which could have led the jury to make adverse inferences about his credibility. His counsel argued that his low intellectual [...]

James Murray, 58, and Connor Murray, 29, were sentenced to prison for firearm and drug offenses at the High Court in Glasgow on 6 September 2024. The two men were arrested in March 2024 after a police search of a property and vehicle on Greenock Road in Bishopton, Glasgow. During [...]

Three men from Glasgow, John Bonner, Christopher Laycock, and David Kelly, were sentenced for their roles in a major drug trafficking operation. The gang smuggled large quantities of cocaine and heroin into Scotland hidden inside fake solar panel generators, using a shell company to make their activities appear legitimate.  Bonner, [...]

Complainer AB alleged that Paul Cooney, a former teacher, committed lewd and indecent acts against her from 1977 to 1980. The case faced complications due to the Lord Advocate's prior renunciation of the right to prosecute, which led to a plea in bar of trial being upheld. The court considered [...]

Maria Gardiner and Michael Anderson, both sentenced to life with an 18-year punishment part, appealed their convictions for murder, arguing the trial judge misdirected the jury on the applicability of different verdicts for co-accused.  The attack on the deceased was pre-planned, involving multiple weapons and a clear intention to inflict [...]

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 [...]