News
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Statement from the Lord Advocate marking 35 years since the Lockerbie bombing
The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, has reflected upon the 35th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie and the longest-running investigation in the history of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). The Lord Advocate has ministerial responsibility for COPFS, Scotland’s sole criminal prosecution authority. COPFS works independently of government in the prosecution of crime and investigation of deaths.
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Man sentenced for sharing extremist material from banned terror group online
A Fife man who shared extremist hate material from a banned right-wing terror group online has been fined a total of £840.
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Farm labourer fined after admitting gangmaster offences
A farm labourer who acted as an illegal gangmaster has been fined £400.
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West Lothian man sentenced for committing sexual abuse of young children
A former community centre caretaker has been jailed for ten years over a course of child sexual abuse undertaken whilst in a position of trust within his local community.
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Company sentenced for failings that led to death fall
An Edinburgh based agricultural company has been fined £60,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a man when he fell through an industrial shed roof.
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Man sentenced for the murder of his partner
Scotland’s Procurator Fiscal for homicide, Moira Orr, commented on today's sentencing of Christopher McGowan.
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Statement on the Lord Advocate’s reference to the Court of Appeal
The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has acknowledged the outcome of a reference she made to the Court of Appeal requesting them to consider a point of law concerning corroboration.
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Photographer who sexually assaulted models jailed
A photographer groomed young women into taking part in modelling shoots in order to sexually assault them, a jury has found.
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Woman who embezzled £1.5m from family business in Aberdeen jailed
A grandmother who embezzled £1.5million from a family scrap metal business in Aberdeen has been jailed for three years and four months.
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Man who killed grandparents ordered to be detained at the State Hospital in Carstairs.
A 21-year-old man has admitted killing his grandparents in a knife attack and has been ordered to be detained at the State Hospital in Carstairs