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The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 30-year-old Gregg Anderson. Mr Anderson died on 26 December 2021 at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. He had been an inmate within HMP Glenochil when he was admitted

A former community centre caretaker has been jailed for 10 years over a course of child sexual abuse undertaken while in a position of trust within his local community. Ronald McMillan, now 79, used his employment and links within the local community to target and abuse young boys both at Fauldhouse

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of 20-year-old Jack McKenzie. The inquiry is a mandatory inquiry under Section 2(4) of the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths et

A man who carried out an online search for the Dunblane school shooting and tried to import a handgun and 100 rounds of ammunition from the US has been jailed for five years. James Maxwell, 28, of Leven in Fife, paid £1,000 in cryptocurrency to buy the self-loading pistol and bullets.

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of 59-year-old Alexander Jamieson. Mr Jamieson died on 21 August 2022 at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He had been an inmate within HMP Barlinnie when he became ill.

A photographer groomed young women into taking part in modelling shoots in order to sexually assault them, a jury has found. Simon Scott, 44, from Aberdeen, was jailed for 20 months after being found guilty of offences against five victims.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Clive Hendry. Mr Hendry, 58, died on 18 February 2020 while transferring from a work boat to a floating permanent structure known as the Se

A grandmother who embezzled £1.5 million from a family scrap metal business in Aberdeen has been jailed for three years and four months. Coleen Muirhead, 55, used the money stolen from Panda Rosa Metals to finance a lifestyle that included expensive family holidays, the purchase of new cars, t

A 21-year-old man has admitted killing his grandparents in a knife attack. Tobyn Salvatore appeared at the High Court in Glasgow after pleading guilty to a charge of culpable homicide due to diminished responsibility.

The fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill began at Falkirk Sheriff Court today – eight years after their deaths. The protracted delay in commencing an FAI into the incident has attracted widespread criticism from the legal profession and politicians over the year

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain has pledged her ongoing support for victims and children suffering through domestic abuse and urged them to seek both safety and justice. Ms Bain renewed the commitment of prosecutors to use the full force of the law against perpetrators in pursuit of a safer Scotland for

A former ‘house mother’ who abused children in her care in the '60s and '70s has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service. Retired social worker, Euphemia Ramsay, was found guilty of the cruel treatment of two children while she was employed at Quarriers Village, a residential ca

A rail company has been fined £6,700,000 for health and safety failings which led to a train derailment and the tragic loss of three lives. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which owns and operates Great Britain’s railway infrastructure, pled guilty to a contravention of Sections 3(1)

A man with links to serious organised crime who operated a multi-million pound smuggling operation to traffic Class A drugs from South America to Scotland has been jailed for three years and nine months. Tony Bennett, 33, relied on trusted couriers to import raw cocaine and heroin from Ecuador.

Two members of a county lines drug trafficking gang have been jailed for a total of 11 years and three months. Mohammed Miah, 28, and Abdul Khan, 24, set up an operation to ferry substantial amounts of heroin and cocaine from their home city of Bradford to Edinburgh.