Mr Gary Howieson, 28, admitted repeatedly striking James Slaven on the head in March 2017. Mr Howieson after being arrested admitted to the crime by saying: "A guy in Blantyre got his throat slit on Sunday. That was me. I chopped his ear aff." The offence was completely unprovoked it was heard. [...]

The Herald has reported that there has been a dramatic decline in the number of murder cases in Scotland. However, there has been in increase in the number of reported rapes. There were 59 killings in 2017/18 in Scotland and this is believed to be a 40 year low. In 2004 [...]

Around 30 police officers were called to a house in Armadale as a result of over one hundred people taking part in a protest outside the property. A car was later set fire at the property. The man living inside the property has bee arrested for indecent communications. A further [...]

Mr Martin, an Ayrshire man, convicted of raping two school girls over 40 years ago has been jailed for 7 years. He will also remain on the sex offenders register for life. The social worker who prepared the Social Work report to be made available to the Court described Mr [...]

Two men and a woman have appeared in court in connection with the murder of Steven Donaldson, who was 27. His body was found in a nature reserve in Angus earlier this year. All three adults aged 23, 19 and 19 have been charged with Mr Donaldson’s murder. No plea [...]

New figures published this week show that there has been a reduction in the number of race related crimes were reported this year compared to last year. The figure for this year sits at 3,249. This comes from the Report ‘Hate Crime in Scotland 2017-18.’ This report also shows figures [...]

A man has been arrested and charged over the alleged murder of a woman found dead by a roadside in Perthshire. He will appear at Perth Sheriff court on Friday the 25th of May 2018. Ms Johnstone was discovered dead in a wooded areas near Auchterarder on 10 May 2018. [...]

Mr Callum Phillips, aged 49, has been convicted of causing the death by dangerous driving. He was the bus driver driving a Rangers Football Bus to a football match in October 2016 when he caused an accident that resulted in Ryan Baird’s death. Mr Phillips has been a bus driver [...]

Mr Shamsul Arefinwas jailed for three years in 2015 at Fort William Sheriff Court after he was found guilty of human trafficking. He had now been ordered to pay £100,000 that he made from his crimes trafficking people from India as a confiscation order was granted this week by the Sheriff. [...]

Jean-Francois Perreault and Imran Zafar Syed were arrested at Glasgow as they were planning to fly a Scottish flight to Canada while under the influence of alcohol after blood tests found they were above the legal limit. However, essential evidence was lost by prison Staff as bloods samples were lost [...]