Father Daniel Doherty, a former priest at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Falkirk, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for sexually assaulting a man on a train. The 61-year-old was caught by passengers touching the victim, who had passed out from drinking, and claimed he was "affirming" him. [...]

A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison for armed robbery and assault in Dundee. Alistair Montague was jailed following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow on 3 December 2024.  He pleaded guilty to three charges related to offences committed over two [...]

Michael Joyce, 33, was sentenced to at least 16 years in prison for the brutal murder of 61-year-old Michael White in Kyle of Lochalsh in April 2023.  Joyce was convicted of repeatedly striking White, causing fatal blunt force trauma, and was also found to have attempted to cover up the [...]

First Minister John Swinney expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of progress on the private prosecution of footballer David Goodwillie, who was found to have raped Denise Clair in a 2017 civil case.  Clair is now seeking to launch a private criminal prosecution, but her efforts have faced delays, prompting criticism [...]

In 2024, RF, a Norwegian citizen, faced extradition from the UK to Norway on charges of raping and abusing his ex-wife, X, and their children.  He argued that extradition would violate his and his wife Y's rights to family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, [...]

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 [...]