HMA v P The Crown appealed under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) act, section 74 against a Sheriff’s decision to sustain a plea in bar of trial based upon the entrapment of the appellant. P, the appellant in this case has been speaking to an undercover officer on an online chat [...]

Moira Hunter v HMA 2019 Ms Hunter pled guilty at the Sheriff court in Kilmarnock in 2017 of being in charge of a dog that was “dangerously out of control.” The appellant’s dog, a Bullmastiff was said to have attacked a Labrador puppy belonging the Victim, who was also attacked [...]

PF v David McLean 2019 Mr McLean was acquitted during a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court of charges of contravention of sections 103, driving whilst disqualified and 143, driving without insurance, of the Road Traffic Act 1988. The Sheriff upheld a no case to answer submission by the defence which [...]

HMA v Alan Baker 2019 Mr Baker has had a successful appeal to challenge the Sheriff imposing a supervised release order after he was sentenced to four years imprisonment in relation to two separate cases. The High Court allowed the Appeal after it was lodged by the Scottish Criminal Cases [...]

HMA v Rameez Hamid 2019 Mr Hamid has had a successful appeal against his sentence at the High Court of Justiciary. The appellant successfully argued that his custodial sentence of three years was excessive. This was reduced from a headline sentence of four years for a guilty plea. The Appeal [...]

HMA v Jacqueline Shuttleton 2019 The High Court has confirmed that CCTV, where it’s provenance is established, can corroborate the actus reus of an offence. This has followed an appeal raised at the Sheriff Appeal Court. This case concerned Ms Shuttleton, who was found guilty a breach of section 3 [...]

HMA v Philip Donegan 2019 The Criminal Appeal Court has stressed a warning to defence advocates and solicitors over “derogatory and insulting” questioning of rape complainers and has also criticised a judge for “wholly inappropriate” comments made during such trial. Lady Dorrian stated that everyone, including judges and solicitors must [...]

HMA v Ricky Taylor 2019 The Crown has now won an appeal at the High Court of Judiciary after a man’s conviction for exposing himself in public was partially successful at the Sheriff Appeal Court. Mr Taylor was found guilty of repeatedly masturbating in sight of his neighbour, a contravention [...]

HMA v Cameron Laurie 2019 Mr Laurie has appealed against his conviction and sentence after being convicted of murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice for the second time. He was convicted at Aberdeen High Court in July 2018 for the second time after a retrial. The appellant [...]

HMA v Sean Connolly 2019 Mr Connelly’s case has been referred to the High Court of Judiciary in Edinburgh after the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission escalates matters believing he may have a case to appeal against a miscarriage of justice having taken place at the hands of the presiding [...]