In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in Scotland, a bitcoin trader had his bank account frozen and more than five thousand pounds in cash seized under legislation that has traditionally been used to target drug dealers. Bitcoin trader, Max Flores, 27, realised something was [...]

James Smith was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of killing his brother-in-law, Alexander Cameron, and burying him under manure in a shallow grave at a West Cairns farm. The High Court in Edinburgh ordered ‘Jimmy’ Smith, 58, to serve a minimum of 17 years in prison [...]

Scotland Yard has revealed to the Law Commission a loophole which has allowed criminals to carry out shootings using lawfully obtained weapons. Criminals in Scotland and England have exploited the loophole in the law which has allowed them to possess weapons under an exemption to firearms legislation that was intended [...]

Fifty-eight-year-old builder, Jimmy Smith, has been found guilty for the brutal murder of his brother-in-law, Alex Cameron. Smith claimed that his brother-in-law attacked him and threatened to shoot Helen Smith, his wife, who is also 58. For that reason, he insisted that he had acted in self-defence when he killed [...]

Police are stepping up drug enforcement with a series of raids in Dundee. In early July, they had already made 15 arrests and confirmed that they’d seized several thousand pounds’ worth of cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine and heroine. The raids are part of the Operation Slate, which has been ongoing across [...]

A disclosure scheme trialled in Ayrshire and Aberdeen is now being rolled out across the entire country. The scheme allows men and women to enquire with police regarding their partner’s violent past, in hopes of curtailing instances of domestic abuse. The scheme—which has been dubbed Clare’s Law—was announced by First [...]

Liberal Democrat Alison McInnes has launched a bid to increase the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland. At present, the age is set at eight years old, which McInnes describes as “woefully outdated”. She would like to see the age increased to 12. As part of this bid, McInnes has [...]

The introduction of a long-awaited bill that would hand legal rights of pavements to pedestrians has been welcomed by campaigners, but there is concern that councils have not provided motorists with alternative parking spaces in areas affected by high levels of vehicle congestion. The Footway Parking and Double Parking (Scotland) [...]

Celtic has called for the repeal of the controversial new law that aims to stamp out sectarian abuse at Scottish football matches on the grounds that it is “fundamentally illiberal and unnecessarily restricts freedom of expression.” Thousands of people have so far signed a new campaign that seeks to scrap [...]

The Scottish Government’s pledge to end automatic release of prisoners seems to have been set back by an amendment to the proposals forwarded by an MSP. The Government has been pushing for an end to the system that sees many criminals released from prison early and would mean that most [...]