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Company fined £800,000 and Fatal Accident Inquiry decision following the death of a young boy
A construction company has been fined £800,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a 10-year-old boy.
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Rapist jailed for 11 years for attacks on vulnerable young people
A rapist who manipulated and exploited vulnerable people he met through online chat sites has been jailed for 11 years.
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Crown Office statement on the Park Inn Hotel shooting incident
On 26 June 2020, Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh was shot and killed by officers of Police Scotland after he stabbed and seriously injured six people in the Park Inn Hotel, West George Street, Glasgow.
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Company fined £27,000 after worker loses foot in forklift truck accident
A Perthshire-based company has been fined £27,000 for health and safety failures after a worker lost part of a leg in a forklift truck accident.
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Rapist carried out sustained campaign of violent and sexual offending
A serial rapist from Moray has been jailed for 15 years for attacking and abusing six females.
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Highland gangland boss jailed for drugs offences
Highland gang boss Ryan Ferguson jailed for five years and eight months for drug offences
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Man committed the rape and sexual assault of children over the internet
A man from the Scottish Highlands has been jailed for the rape and sexual assault of young girls in the Philippines, in a ground-breaking legal case.
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Former security guard from Glasgow jailed for terrorism charge
A former security guard’s communications with Neo-Nazi extremists were uncovered after an online chat group was infiltrated by an undercover counter-terrorism officer.
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Aberdeen academic given life sentence for murder of ex-wife in 1978
A retired university scientist has been jailed 45 years after he beat his former wife to death.
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Pilot scheme move to safeguard children from Serious Organised Crime
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is collaborating with law enforcement and partners to develop a pilot scheme to protect children from Serious Organised Crime Groups (SOCGs).