Anthony Gibson, a convicted rapist, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for a 17-year campaign of abuse against four women. The crimes, which occurred between 2006 and 2023 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, and South Lanarkshire, involved ten charges, including rape, assault, and stalking. One victim was pushed onto a [...]

During a police raid in Glasgow's Craigend area, community officers from Easterhouse seized a significant quantity of cocaine and cannabis, along with a large sum of cash. Additionally, a high-powered electric motorbike was confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The raid took place on Thursday, and a 23-year-old man [...]

Cheyenne Naeb, a 26-year-old American, was sentenced to 20 months in jail after pushing a ScotRail staff member onto train tracks at Glasgow Queen Street station.  The incident occurred on February 1, 2023, when Naeb, frustrated for missing a train, verbally abused the staff member and shoved her with both [...]

Jamie "Iceman" Stevenson, a notorious Scottish gangster, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a drug trafficking operation that smuggled £100 million worth of cocaine into the UK. The drugs, hidden in boxes of bananas from Ecuador, were seized by Border Force at Dover in September 2020. Stevenson, [...]

Dr. Muhammad Masood appealed against fitness to practice proceedings initiated by the General Medical Council after allegations of abuse by his ex-wife.  The Medical Practitioners Tribunal found that he had committed both physical and emotional abuse and attempted to interfere with legal proceedings, which led to a decision for erasure [...]

Applicant MJ faced 15 charges of sexual offending, focusing on charge 11, which involved alleged conduct before his marriage to the complainer. He sought permission to introduce evidence about their sexual relationship prior to marriage, arguing that it could clarify the nature of their relationship. Lord Fairley noted that questions [...]

David Docherty was sentenced to 40 months for three firearms offenses and attempting to pervert justice.  The Crown argued that the temporary judge underestimated the seriousness of the crimes, which included discharging a shotgun without a license and threatening a police officer.  Although the house was unoccupied during the shotgun [...]

Iain Packer was convicted on 33 charges, including sexual assaults against nine victims and the murder of Ms. Caldwell, for which he received a life sentence with a punishment part of 36 years, backdated to February 2022. His offences involved domestic violence and assaults on sex workers, and he denied [...]

The counsel for the respondent deemed that the six-year sentence was lenient but not disproportionate.  The Crown argued that the trial judge did not fully consider the seriousness of the respondents’ actions and harm caused to the first complainer. The complainer had claimed that the encounters were consensual and [...]

Andrew Pattie, a violent offender, was given an additional 16 months in jail after escaping from a courtroom dock while being sentenced to 32 months for serious prison attacks. Pattie fled Dundee Sheriff Court on September 2, sparking a major manhunt. He evaded capture by shedding his jacket as staff [...]