A man who deliberately staged a car crash in Aberdeenshire to kill his wife, and attempted to do the same to his second wife has appealed against the life sentence given to him. Malcolm Webster was imprisoned in May 2011 following a five month trial  for the crimes. Mr Webster…

An interesting point arose in a recent speeding trial. The accused was charged with driving at 43 mph in a 30mph zone. The Crown case consisted of two Police officers, both of whom were experienced road traffic officers, trained in the operation and calibration of the standard issue speed detection…

A member of staff at Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is now standing trial after allegedly breaching the Official Secrets Act 1989. The staff member is alleged to have given out information about an accussed person. Ian Sawers was working in a clerical position at the COPFS office…

A drug trafficker who was caught with £32,000 worth of cocaine on the streets following a police raid, has been sentenced to prison for five years and three months. Peter Walters had been placed under surveillance in Aberdeen as a result of information received by police. Walters was found in…

Today, 12 August 2014, the European Court of Human Rights rejected a bid by ten prisoners to gain compensation from the government for the country’s ban on prisoners voting in elections. ECHR judges upheld the claim taken forward by a group of prisoners held in prison in Scotland, that the…

A father has admitted to killing a theif who sole his son's iPhone during an attack in Inverclyde. Derek Grant, 38 confronted the robber Patrick Bradley on 30 August last year, after he had held up Mr Grants son and stolen his iPhone. The High Court in Glasgow heard that…

Police in County Durham have issued a tweet to urge the public to aid them in their search for a man who left a a single shoe after attempting to steal cider from a local shop on Sunday night. The “Cinderella” thief left his Nike Air-Max trainer at the crime…

As part of a six-month operation carried out across the UK thirteen suspected paedophiles have been arrested in Scotland. The National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed on the 21 July that there have been 660 arrests linked to the operation including teachers, doctors, care workers and former police officers from all…

New figures released under freedom of information laws have revealed that almost 3,000 crimes a year linked to Facebook and Twitter are being reported to Police Scotland. In 2013/14, Police Scotland compiled 2,710 crime reports which mentioned Facebook or Twitter in them. This means police are dealing with more than…

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