New figures have been released that show there has now been a 16 percent decrease in crime rates in Scotland. The study has also highlighted that the figures for alcohol related crimes has also decreased by around one quarter from a decade ago in the period of 2008/2009. This publication, [...]

Mr McMillan has been sentenced to a period of imprisonment of seven years after sexually assaulting two women in Fife. Mr McMillan pled not guilty to the charges and a Trial was held in Edinburgh High Court earlier this year, where he was found guilty of three charges of rape [...]

A man from Paisley was found injured in a flat after sustaining serious injures this week and thereafter died in a local hospital. Two men have now been charged and have appeared in Paisley Sheriff Court with his murder. Both men, who are 29, made no plea or declaration and were remanded in custody. The men are alleged to have struck the man on numerous occasions but [...]

The sixteen year old who murdered a six year old girl in the Isle of Bute, who has now been named as Aaron Campbell, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of her murder at a Trial at Glasgow High Court last month. The punishment part of the sentence has to last 27 years before he can be considered for Parole. However, Lord Matthews stated that Mr [...]

Three males entered an Edinburgh home on Wednesday and attacked a man inside and injured another man as he attempted to intervene. The three suspects all arrived in the same Audi and were covered head to toe all in black with their faces covered. All parties are understood to be [...]

Mr Cunningham, a former police officer, who was found guilty of sexually abusing three women has been jailed for 14 years.  A trial took place at the High Court in Glasgow where Mr Cunningham was found guilty. Lord Armstrong described Cunningham as "controlling and coercive". Mr Cunnigham was found guilty of the [...]

The number of Trials held in the High Court being adjourned due to lack of court time has decreased. The Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service states that now only 0.9 percent of High Court Trials have been adjourned for this reason this year,  compared to 2.2 percent in 2015. The number [...]

Ms Tigwell has received an apology from the Crown Office after her ex partner did not stand trial after allegedly sending explicit pictures of her. This was due to an error by the Crown. Ms Tigwell’s ex partner pled not guilty to the charges but the case did not stand [...]

A 54-year-old man is in a critical condition after a hit-and-run crash involving a stolen car in East Dunbartonshire. Two men who crashed into the man’s car in a Mazda MX-5 ran off after the incident and have not been located by the Police. An elderly woman, also in the [...]

Mr Toner, who was a former teacher at a boarding school in Largs, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for grooming and abusing children at the school. He has also been placed on the sex offenders register and has to be monitored for two years after his release. The [...]