Muhammad Hafeez, 38, was convicted for the rape of 2 teenage girls.  Mr Hafeez worked in the Central Shop on Union Street in Glasgow City Centre. The court heard how he took advantage of the first complainer by luring her into the back of his shop and making her [...]

Mr Liam Hughes, aged 18, was found guilty of raping three young girls aged 14/15 between 2020-2022.  Mr Hughes was 16 at the time he committed his crimes and the jury were told that he told one of his victims, ‘It’s meant to hurt.’ Following his conviction, he was [...]

Liam Ritchie was convicted of assaulting Ellen Clarkson, aged 35 as she celebrated her birthday at Edinburgh event.  Mr Richie targeted the victim following an altercation between the victim and the accused’s sister.  Ellen Clarkson suffered a fractured cheekbone during the attack . Mr Ritchie pleaded guilty to assault [...]

33 year old, David Barnes, killed 60 year old Ean Coutts in Fife in 2019.   After committing the horrific crime, the accused then committed a range of further crimes of fraud and theft on his venture to abandoned the body in an industrial unit.  The deceased was not discovered [...]

Mr Joseph Carson, aged 65, is a convicted paedophile. He was previously convicted for sex offences against a young girl.  Mr Carson, following a further conviction for throwing urine over his mother, was banned by court order from contacting his mother. This followed the accused sending her letters written [...]

This case concerned the respondent who was allegedly engaged in a course of abusive behaviour towards the complainer. After the accused was granted bail, an order was made authorising the retrieval of the complainers phone records.  The case of the accused relied on the fact that the complainer frequently [...]

In this case, RM was convicted of rape against three of his ex-partners. At the sentencing diet, the trial judge imposed three orders of one year, two years and five years in relation to each separate offences. There was evidence to support the fact that the offences involved violence/threats [...]

The appellant, DM, was convicted in relation to 14 assaults committed by him to his ex-partner. His counsel argued on his behalf that the Sherriff in the initial trial was unclear and as a result misled the jury.  In the initial trial, it had been agreed that the parties [...]

Simon Scott aged 44 was jailed for 20 months after being guilty of committing offences against five victims. Mr Scott was targeting victims on social media by offering them free photography sessions. A Jury in Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that Scott had actually manipulated some of the victims into [...]

Mr David Di Pinto was convicted under the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2010. This conviction was aggravated by religious prejudice.  During the Scottish League Final in 2021, Mr Pinto was behaving in an inappropriate manner, behaviour exacerbated by his intoxicated state. After receiving complaints about his conduct, two police [...]