The Procurator Fiscal has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of ...

Former world snooker champion, Graeme Dott, has been sentenced for sexually abusing two children. The 49-year-old, from ...

Businessmen Ben Terry and Mark Davidson who ran a £1.5million mail-order drugs trafficking scheme from a warehouse in the ...

The Procurator Fiscal has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a discretionary Fatal Accident Inquiry into ...

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC today reached out to victims of sexual abuse with a commitment on the support they will be offered, and a renewed focus on ensuring perpetrators will be prosecuted.

The Scottish Environmental and Protection Agency (SEPA) received over 900 complaints in relation to dark smoke and noise from the plant’s flare. Some of those complaining lived as far as five and a ...

The Lord Advocate welcomes a number of new additions to the Principal Crown Counsel team. The team is responsible for leading Advocate Deputes in the prosecution of serious crime. Joining the team as ...

This document details COPFS performance against key target areas for the period from April 2025 to March 2026. It provides details on the performance achieved for the period stated and the preceding ...

Take a decision on the appropriate course of action and implement that decision in at least 75% of cases within 4 weeks of the date on which the report is received from the reporting agency. (NB: This ...

Dale Cleeton was found to be the ‘driving force’ behind the group’s ‘wholesale level’ activities while imprisoned at HMP Edinburgh. The 31-year-old’s illicit activities were uncovered after two mobile ...

Mrs Cawkwell, 63, was discharged from hospital on 2 January 2021 after treatment for Covid-19. The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attended her home on 7 January due to concerns about low oxygen ...

Twin brothers who left a charity cyclist to die on a Highland roadside after hitting him with their truck before hiding his body in a pit have been jailed for a total of 17 years and three months.