Christopher Simpson left Darren Martin with more than 20 injuries after repeatedly stabbing him at a flat in Glasgow’s Castlemilk. On the 21st of August 2021 Simpson carried out the unprovoked attack after asking the victim for a glass of water. He then attempted to brutally kill Martin in his [...]

Bret Simpson,30, has been acquitted of causing the death of his fiancée who was riding as a pillion passenger on his bike when he crashed.  Simpson had collected Bronte Hutchison,23, in Galashiels after a night out in August 2018. His Kawasaki bike crashed at the Tweedbank roundabout and Hutchison died [...]

Rahmat Karimi sexually assaulted two women on a dark Glasgow underpass and was caught after he dropped an earphone at the crime scene.  On the 22nd of January 2021 Karimi groped two women, one aged 46 and the other 24, in Glasgow’s Cowcaddens area. Karimi called for help and the [...]

Jordan Roddie lost control of his ford focus vehicle and killed a pensioner. The crash also left her friend severely disabled.  Roddie misjudged a bend and crossed into oncoming traffic which resulted in his vehicle colliding with a Vauxhall Zafira. The accident occurred on the A73 near Braidwood, Lanarkshire in [...]

Jordan McDowall, 21 was acquitted of charges which involved causing death by dangerous driving of cyclist Kevin Gilchrist. The collision took place in 2018 on Greenock Road, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire.  Jordan McDowall’s position was that she had no recollection of the incident. It was argued that she was simply unable to [...]

Scotland’s top prosecutor has said she is troubled by the growing backlog of cases which are awaiting trial due to COVID-19, The Lord Advocate discussed the issue at Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee and stated that ‘radical’ action was required.  Ms Bain has offered her support for a pilot scheme which [...]

Raymond Nyiam who was convicted of two charges of rape against separate complainers has had his appeal against conviction refused by the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary.  It was argued that the jury were misdirected by the trial judge as they ought to have been given directions [...]

Michael McCarthy, the respondent, was given a five-year custodial sentence after he was convicted of five charges involving attempted rape and sexual assault of two male complainers. The sentence for each of the charges were to run concurrently. The other three charges which involved indecent photographs and assault resulted in [...]

There are number of proposed changes to UK driving laws which are likely to be introduced in the near futures. These include an increase in the maximum sentences for causing death by dangerous driving from 14 years to life imprisonment.  Also, an exception may be introduced for individuals driving for [...]

The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary refused to pass a Bill of Suspension which sought the suspension of a warrant authorising the arrest of a man charged with assault to severe injury.  In November 2020, Mr Docherty, the petitioner, was charged with assault to severe injury. He [...]