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  1. Drug smugglers with links to serious crime are imprisoned

    Three men with links to serious organised crime who carried out a drug-smuggling operation between Scotland and England have been jailed for a total of 12 years and nine months.

    23 Jun 2023 Cases
  2. Construction manager fined for damaging badger sett

    A 53-year-old Edinburgh site manager has been fined £3,600 after bulldozing a badger sett.

    22 Jun 2023 Cases
  3. Jail for abuser brought back from Vietnam

    A former teacher and football coach who was surrendered from Vietnam to stand trial for the sexual abuse of young boys has been jailed for five years. 

    21 Jun 2023 Cases
  4. Lanarkshire window cleaner jailed for sexual assault caught on camera

    A window cleaner who was caught on a video doorbell camera attempting to rape an elderly woman has been jailed for four years and six months.

    20 Jun 2023 Cases
  5. Seafood company fined for failings that led to the death of a fisherman

    A seafood company has been fined £80,000 after a fisherman drowned when his leg was caught in a rope and he was pulled overboard.

    07 Jun 2023 Cases
  6. Hare coursing trio sentenced

    Three men have been sentenced after admitting using dogs to hunt wild hares. 

    05 Jun 2023 Cases
  7. Man sentenced for animal neglect offences

    A 30-year-old Manchester businessman has been sentenced after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to dozens of cats and dogs at a Perthshire farm.

    25 May 2023 Cases
  8. Man jailed for life for rape and murder of mother-of-two in Aberdeen

    Man handed life sentence for the rape and murder of a mother-of-two in Aberdeen

    24 May 2023 Cases
  9. Man sentenced for poisoning wild birds

    A 67-year-old waterfowl enthusiast has been sentenced for killing multiple birds of prey and other birds. 

    19 May 2023 Cases
  10. Man pleads guilty to murder of his 84-year-old grandmother

    A man has been jailed for life after he admitted murdering his grandmother in the Highland home they shared.

    19 May 2023 Cases