An appeal made by the Parole Board against a Lord Ordinary’s decision that acted unlawfully as it refused to direct the release of a prisoner who was convicted of murder. The accused was convicted of murder as a teenager but also breached his licence conditions on previous releases.  David [...]

The accused was originally convicted with a five year sentence for raping the complainer which was discounted by six months on account of his guilty plea. The Crown argued that the trial judge set the sentence far too low resulting in the judge failing to take into account elements [...]

Penelope Jackson was convicted of murdering her husband David Jackson but claimed that she lost control which resulted in her committing the offence due to years of physical and emotional abuse.  Ms Jackson stabbed her husband to death after a row over serving bubble and squeak. The accused pled [...]

Mr Andrew Palfreman was convicted for the murder of Barry McLachlan. The accused admitted to stabbing the deceased 6 times but claimed that he acted in self-defence after the deceased trying to attract the attention of his dog in order to protect himself.  Both the accused and the deceased [...]

The appellant was in a relationship with the complainer who had stated that she was sleeping and woke up to find him penetrating her with his penis. On the other hand the appellant argued that while he was spooning her the complainer was allegedly grinding on him.  The question [...]

Craig Raeburn pled guilty. to a contravention under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. He was fined £1000 by the sentencing sheriff.  The respondent became subject to a Sexual Offences Prevention Order on the 23rd of February 2017. He had been convicted of taking a possessing indecent photographs of children. [...]

Aladair Finlayson and Cameron Ross both pled guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine. The first appellant, Finlayson, also pled guilty to supplying cannabis. On the cocaine charge the first appellant was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment. The second appellant was sentenced to 23 months imprisonment.  The [...]

The High Court has refused an application seeking to extend period of time in which he could lodge ground of appeal against his conviction.  Robert Garden was convicted of several charges of rape and assault against different complainer. He was sentence to a 13- year custodial sentence with a [...]

The appellant was convicted under section 2(1) of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016. He was sentenced to a community payback order with a supervision requirement of 12 months and 180 unpaid work.  The appeal was on the basis that the sheriff had erred in deciding [...]

Christopher Baker, aged 77, was convicted of abusing two girls when they were aged two and four years old. The abuse continued for over ten years.  He was found guilty of abusing the young girls between 1986 and 2000.The trial judge sentenced him to two years imprisonment. However, the [...]