Jordan Owens, 27, escaped to Europe after the murder of 23 year old Jamie Lee. Owens went on the run after shooting Jamie Lee in Castlemilk nearby a children’s play park.  It was heard by the court that there was a low-level feud between the Owens and Lees families. The [...]

Shaun Rimmer was convicted of hitting and killing a pedestrian whilst attempting to flee police. On the 16th of August 2021 Rimmer was caught speeding on Great Northern Road, Aberdeen.  Rimmer hit 48-year old pedestrian Simon Musabayana and then drove off. Mr Musabayana was rushed to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and [...]

The number of individuals on remand in Scotland has risen from 16 per cent to 27 per cent. Emma Jardine of Howard League Scotland stated that this increase is ‘unfathomable’.  The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill seeks to extend the statutory time limit by 180 days. As a result, [...]

Liam Stewart admitted to the supply of ecstasy between March and August 2019. He was then sentenced at Livingston Sheriff Court to a 45-month custodial sentence.  Stewart supplied a gram of ecstasy to a 16 year old school girl who then shared the drug with her friend, aged 15. The [...]

High School music teacher, Matthew Birch, has been convicted of two girls, having sex with another and engaging in sexual activity with others. All of the acts were carried out whilst he was in a position of trust.  The court heard that the 45 year old preyed on vulnerable pupils [...]

Nikolaos Karvounakis, 35, pled guilty to the terrorism offence at Edinburgh High Court. On the 11th of January 2018, members of the public found the bomb inside a cardboard box which had been left in a shelter at Princess Street Gardens in Edinburgh.  When council staff arrived, they found a [...]

Przemyslaw Gal was convicted of forcing open a secure door and stealing money from a restaurant in Edinburgh.  It was argued by the appellant that the summary sheriff did not have sufficient evidence to convict him of the crime. The Crown case was based on evidence from the restaurants manager [...]

The appellant, Patrick Hattie, argued that at trial the judge had provided insufficient directions to the jury in respect of the appellant’s police interview. At trial the appellant was found guilty of 3 contraventions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The court heard that the appellant rented a yard [...]

The High Court has refused a Crown appeal against a sheriff’s decision that an indictment against a former teacher should be deserted.  It was submitted for the respondent, Paul Cooney, that the Lord Advocate had renounced the right to prosecute through a letter dated the 21st of December 1992. The [...]

Lindsay Lowe who repeatedly stabbed her former partner has been cleared by a jury of attempted murder. Instead, the jury found her guilty of assaulting Steven Clarke to his severe injury under provocation.  The incident occurred in Broxburn where Lowe admitted to attacking Clarke eight times with a four-inch kitchen [...]