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  1. Former youth football coach jailed for historic sexual abuse

    A former Boys Brigade leader and youth football coach has been jailed after historically abusing seven boys in his care.

    02 Jul 2024 Cases
  2. Part-time dog walker jailed for cruelty after four puppies euthanised

    A part-time dog walker has been imprisoned for five months after a dog and its six puppies - four of which had to be put down - were left in squalor inside his faeces-ridden flat.

    02 Jul 2024 Cases
  3. Gang jailed for trafficking women to brothel flats in Glasgow and Edinburgh

    A Chinese crime gang that trafficked vulnerable women to work in brothels in Glasgow and Edinburgh as part of a prostitution network have been jailed for a total of 20 years and nine months.

    25 Jun 2024 Cases
  4. Woman who sold jewellery and ornaments made from illegal elephant ivory online fined £1,400

    Woman who sold jewellery and ornaments made from illegal elephant ivory online fined £1,400

    24 Jun 2024 Cases
  5. Businessman jailed over £3.3m Edinburgh University procurement fraud

    Businessman jailed over £3.3m Edinburgh University procurement fraud

    24 Jun 2024 Cases
  6. Man ordered to repay thousands of pounds under proceeds of crime laws

    A man convicted of concealing a haul of unaccounted-for money in a van has been ordered to pay back thousands of pounds under proceeds of crime legislation.

    20 Jun 2024 Cases
  7. Crown Office statement on the sentencing of Paul McNaughton and Paul Black

    On June 17, 2024, at the High Court in Glasgow, Paul McNaughton was jailed for life for the murder of retired Edinburgh teacher Peter Coshan in 2022, and attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

    17 Jun 2024 Cases
  8. Falkirk man jailed for rape and abuse of children

    A child abuser who targeted young girls during sleepovers at his Falkirk home has been jailed.

    11 Jun 2024 Cases
  9. Edinburgh man jailed for rape and abuse

    A man who raped two former partners and abused a third over a three-year period has been jailed.

    07 Jun 2024 Cases
  10. Organised crime gang who supplied cocaine on a 'wholesale level' jailed

    Four members of an organised crime gang responsible for flooding Edinburgh and the Lothians with cocaine have been jailed.

    07 Jun 2024 Cases