Michael Cowan, the appellant, was convicted of rape on 1 September 2023 and sentenced to four years of imprisonment. The conviction was based on an incident on 22 February 2020, where it was alleged that Cowan raped the complainer, JP, who was asleep or unconscious and therefore incapable of giving [...]

A former solicitor has been convicted after a failed online plot to murder a procurator fiscal. Martin Ready, 41, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. Between May 2021 and September 2022, Ready used the dark web to try to [...]

Mohamad Sabbagh, a man who posed as a taxi driver, was sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a 25-year-old woman in his unlicensed vehicle after a night out in Glasgow. Believing he was a legitimate driver, the woman and her friend accepted a ride from him. After dropping [...]

Jonathan King, a 38-year-old man, has been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison for repeatedly following and sexually assaulting women and a teenage girl in Paisley between 2019 and 2021. He was convicted on eight charges and admitted to breaching bail conditions. King's name has been added [...]

Esayas Neguse, 37, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after attempting to kill his lawyer, 71-year-old Muhammad Shoaib, in a brutal knife attack at the solicitor’s office in Glasgow. Neguse arrived unannounced at the law firm on September 21, 2022, and, within seconds of being shown into Mr. [...]

At the High Court in Glasgow on 7th August 2024, Lord Arthurson sentenced Colin Kennedy to life imprisonment for the murder of his partner, Catherine Stewart. Kennedy, 63, was found guilty by a jury and must serve a minimum of 25 years before being eligible for parole. During sentencing, Lord [...]

A drunk driver found with a bottle of whisky and medication in his van after driving on the wrong side of a dual carriageway has been jailed. Slawomir Stiller, 49, was sentenced this week for the incident on the A9 near Inverness in May this year. Police received 12 emergency [...]

A former Labour councillor found with photos of girls aged five to ten being raped on his phone has been sentenced to 270 hours of unpaid work. Ewan Dillon, 21, who represented Labour for Bridge of Allan and Dunblane on Stirling Council, resigned in March this year. Stirling Sheriff Court [...]

Crown Office, SPS and Police Scotland Sued over Scandalous Death of Inmate The family of a prisoner who died in custody has initiated legal action against the Scottish Prison Service, Police Scotland, and the Crown Office. Allan Marshall died in March 2015 at the age of 30, following restraint by [...]

Former STV Host Jailed for Embezzlement of Thousands From Her Mother A woman who embezzled thousands of pounds from her dementia-stricken mother has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison. Hayley Matthews, 44, of Edinburgh, spent lavishly after stealing £120,000 from her mother’s bank accounts between September [...]