Mr Norman Bowman, aged 63, appealed against the community payback order imposed on him. Mr Bowman was convicted of 4 charges, involving verbal partner abuse and breach of bail.  It was the appellant’s argument that the sentencing sheriff did not properly consider the time that he spent in custody [...]

William Beggs was convicted of the murder of Barry Wallace in 1999. He maintains to this day that he is innocent.  In January 2020, he had a parole board hearing following the completion of the punishment part of his sentence. His application for parole was refused because he was [...]

A 48 year old man and a 28 year old women have been charged following a Police Scotland Drug Raid. A raid that revealed £365,000 worth of cocaine and heroin.  Following intelligence that the pair were involved in the supply of drugs, police Scotland conducted the raid. In addition [...]

A 16 year old boy, Jake Jones, passed away after taking unwell following a house party in Fife.  Following this tragic death, a 14 year old boy has been charged for drug offences. He has been released pending further enquiries.  Police Scotland state his death is being treated as [...]

The accused, Ian Baird, pled guilty to assaulting his partner during an altercation in May 2023.  The couple had been drinking outside in the garden when matters escalated into an argument between Mr Baird and his partner. The accused followed the complainer into the house, despite her attempts to [...]

A 48 year old man,Keith Ballentine, has been fined after a neighbour witnessed him performing a sex act in the common area of their flat.  Mr Ballentine was seen to be performing oral sex on Kimberley Finnigan, witnessed by a neighbour who had to walk past the public display. [...]

A 32 year old man, Grant Drummond, appeared in Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier this week.  He was accused of assault following an altercation on the dance floor at The Hive in Edinburgh. Despite staying out of the initial disturbance, Mr Drummond soon became involved delivering one single punch to [...]

Following the introduction of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act, record will be ‘clean’ after a period of seven years if no further offences are committed.  Those convicted of less serious crimes that receive a custodial sentence of four years of more will benefit from this reform.  The [...]

Stephen McCafferty, aged 26, has been remanded after assaulting a police officer. Mr McCafferty admitted to biting one officer’s finger, breaking a house window and behaving in an abusive manner by shouting at a second police officer.  Despite his defence agent pleading mitigating circumstances due to a difficult past [...]

The new governor of HMP Edinburgh said that prisoners are now taking synthetic drugs and new forms of benzodiazepines that are having extreme reactions due to their increased effectiveness. It was found that drones are increasingly being used to smuggle drugs and weapons into prisoners. It was noted that [...]