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 [...]

Mr Jamie George was selling unlicensed weight loss supplements from his gym.  He was convicted for supplying dangerous substances after pleading guilty and sentenced to 37 months in prison. He accordingly appealed.  Mr George based his appeal case around a comparison made by the trial sheriff. The trial sheriff [...]

Sean Hogg was originally given 270 hours of community service after being convicted of raping a 13-year old girl in a park when he was 17 years old. The Crown had based their case on the application of mutual corroboration between the two complainers. It was agreed at Trial [...]

Bhupinder Singh, a takeaway manager from Kilmarnock, was given 150 hours of unpaid work following a conviction for sexually assaulting a 17 year old employee.  The accused argued that the sheriff should not have repelled a no case to answer submission and also that the reason evidence accepted by [...]

Andrew Taylor drove head- on to Brian Wilson in the Scottish Borders on 23 April 2022. Mr Taylor admitted to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving while being unfit due to a number of drugs in his system including cocaine.  The Court had previously heard that Mr [...]

After pleading guilty to assaulting his partners brother and causing damage to vehicles, Mr Alan James was sentenced to 40 months. The court heard that Mr James repeatedly punched his partners brother in the head before driving his car at excessive speed along a Glasgow Street. Mr James collided [...]

Bradley Young from Aberdeen was convicted of dangerous driving around Queens Link Leisure Park has argued that his period of disqualification which was uplifted by 30 months was excessive.  During a continued pleading diet in May 2023, the accused pled guilty to an offence which involved him reversing his [...]

William Beggs had attempted to obtain the information sought from the police since 2010 has now argued that the Scottish Information Commissioner had failed to apply a presumption of openness. The reason for this was it was questioned whether the information ought to be disclosed had been incorrectly applied [...]

A 23-year old man who stabbed a man after asking him if he was giving evidence in a trial has lost his appeal against an extended sentence of 65 months with a four-year custodial element.  The accused James Dunn pled guilty at the First Diet in the Sheriff Court [...]