The use of stop and search in Scotland remains higher than in England despite the introduction of a new code, which was introduced as a result of concerns over the number of people being searched without legal basis. For the first six months of the new code there was a [...]

A man who rammed a 4x4 into a man to stop him stealing a mountain bike has been jailed for four years and banned from driving for 8 years. Gary McKnight pursued 22 year old John Rawding along a footpath and accelerated across a grass verge towards him. Mr Rawding [...]

Paul McColl, staggered into a bar shouting for help after being ambushed as he parked his car in Cambuslang. The Cambuslang Rangers boss is now in a stable condition in the Hospital in Glasgow. The incedent is currently being treated as an attempted murder by Police Scotland. Det Sgt Stephen [...]

A Paisley man has been jailed for nine years for a man who had broken into his flat. William McCann killed James McFall, 30, after a flat break in by the victim and another man. The offender was sitting in bed watching a film when the victim and his friend [...]

Three Glasgow men have appeared in court charged with directing people to commit serious offences. The alleged victims include a man who was attacked with a machete after a car chase in Glasgow last year. The three accused deny the charges. Prosecutors claim the men directed others to deploy tracking [...]

A convicted murderer on home leave who attempted to kill a dog walker in Dundee has been given a lifelong restriction order, meaning he will be supervised for life. Robbie McIntosh, attacked in victim in the woods last August. He was previously jailed for stabbing a dog walker to death [...]

David Morrison has been found guilty in Fife of a series of sexual offences against children over a 16-year period. The attacks happened on both male and female children from 1990 to 2006. Mr Morrison will appear at Edinburgh High Court later this month to be sentenced. Police Scotland, stated: [...]

A drunk Edinburgh woman who drove a mobility scooter down the wrong side of a dual carriage way has received a fine of £300 and has also been banned from driving for 16 months. She also received a CPO and a restriction of liberty order. Ms Bey had a bottle [...]

Mr Gordon, was jailed for three years and four months last October for smothering his wife with a pillow at their home in Ayrshire. Lord Brodie and Lord Turnbull overturned that decision. Mr Gordon was admonished for the murder and the judges stated they would explain their reasoning in writing [...]

Mr Cole, 36, was found dead in a flat in Crookston on the 22nd June 2017. A court heard Ryan Currie stabbed Mr Cole multiple times and then put a knife in his hands to make it look like he was armed. The Court heard he was angry after the [...]