News
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Lord Advocate: We are determined to increase the confidence of domestic abuse victims in the criminal justice system
Dorothy Bain KC has welcomed reporting on the first three years operation of the ground-breaking Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018.
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COPFS launches consultation on draft Strategic Plan for 2023-27
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is consulting with the public on our new Strategic Plan.
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Change in reporting of care home Covid-19 deaths to the Procurator Fiscal
The Lord Advocate, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer, Police Scotland and National Records Scotland, has today issued updated guidance on the reporting of Covid-19 related deaths.
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Property company fined £200,000 for failings that led to severe injury
A Glasgow property company has been fined for health and safety failings which left a man with severe injuries and permanent impairment.
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Man jailed for knife attack on Edinburgh police officers and double kidnapping
A man who threatened to stab two police officers and took a man and woman hostage has been jailed for a total of nine years and four months.
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Man jailed after decades of sexual abuse
A pensioner has been jailed for multiple sexual offences spanning the course of 56 years.
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Two jailed for Aberdeen murder after drink and drugs binge
Two men who stabbed a stranger to death at a party after a drugs and alcohol binge have been jailed for life and seven years and three months respectively.
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Confectionery company fined for failings that led to injury
A Coatbridge confectionery company has been fined £5000 for health and safety failings which led to the injury of an employee.
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Italian tourist jailed for five road deaths
A 50-year-old Italian tourist has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for causing the deaths of five people, including his four-year-old son, after drifting into oncoming traffic.
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Former councillor jailed for grooming and sexually assaulting teenagers.
A former SNP councillor has been jailed for grooming and abusing six teenage boys. Forty-year-old Mark Kerr, from Motherwell, was found guilty of nine charges involving young males, including one attempted rape.