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Breaking: Special Needs School principal that faced trial on series of rape charges has been found not guilty

A Special Needs School principal that faced trial on a series of rape and sexual assault charges against a former pupil at the school has been found not guilty on all counts. Michael Dobbins (54) of Greenhaw Road in Derry had been on trial for ...

13 Oct 2022 at 14:33

Scotland

Scottish ministers should ditch plans for juryless rape trials, say lawyers

Controversial proposals to pilot rape trials without a jury should be ditched, lawyers have said, after a Holyrood committee failed to give its backing to the move. The Law Society of Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to abandon ...

02 Apr 2024 at 12:26

Scotland

Not proven verdict can ‘retraumatise’ victims – Angela Constance

Scotland’s not proven verdict can “retraumatise” victims of crime, the Justice Secretary has said, as a Bill to reform Scotland’s justice system is published. Angela Constance acknowledged it has taken a “long time” for the legislation ...

26 Apr 2023 at 15:08

Scotland

End of not proven verdict will be ‘relief’, father of murder victim tells MSPs

The father of a teenager murdered more than three decades ago has told MSPs that scrapping Scotland’s controversial not proven verdict will be a “relief”. Joe Duffy has campaigned for the verdict – which is one of three open to juries ...

06 Dec 2023 at 12:51

Dad had ‘world turned upside down’ when four sons died in house fire

The father of four young boys who died in a house fire when their mother went to Sainsbury’s said his world “had been turned upside down”. Dalton Hoath’s two sets of twins had been left at home while their mother, Deveca Rose, went ...

03 Oct 2024 at 16:29

Scotland

Grasp the nettle and back stand-alone sex offences court, Constance urges MSPs

Justice Secretary Angela Constance has urged MSPs to “grasp the nettle” and back Scottish Government plans to set up a stand-alone court to prosecute sexual offences. The measure has been proposed by SNP ministers in a bid to ...

26 Feb 2025 at 12:58

Crime & Court

Nikita Burns and Alan Vial guilty of murdering Robert Wilkin at Sliabh Liag

Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have both been found guilty of murdering 66-year-old Robert 'Robin' Wilkin, whose body was thrown over the cliffs at Sliabh Liag, one of Donegal's most popular tourist attractions. The jury of ...

06 Mar 2025 at 15:33

Scotland

Scrapping not proven verdict will modernise justice system, Constance says

“Historic” legislation that will abolish Scotland’s not proven verdict is about “modernising” the system, Justice Secretary Angela Constance has said. She rejected suggestions the change is being introduced in a bid to ...

18 Sept 2025 at 09:56

Scotland

Not proven verdict to be abolished as justice reforms come into force

The unique not proven verdict in Scotland’s justice system will be scrapped from New Year’s Day as major reforms come into force. The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act was passed by MSPs earlier ...

30 Dec 2025 at 10:28

Scotland

Scrapping of not proven verdict a ‘momentous day’, says campaigner

A campaigner against the not proven verdict has said the day it is scrapped will be “momentous”. The change will come into force on New Year’s Day, according to Justice Secretary Angela Constance, bringing to an ...

30 Dec 2025 at 16:58

Scotland

Lawyers voice continued concerns as not proven verdict to be axed from January 1

Lawyers are warning the threshold for securing a conviction will be “significantly less” than it is south of the border when “one of the most significant shifts to Scotland’s criminal justice system in living ...

12 Dec 2025 at 14:53

Climate protesters found guilty of causing criminal damage to The Hay Wain

Two climate protesters who inflicted more than £1,000 worth of damage to John Constable’s painting The Hay Wain have been found guilty of causing criminal damage. Hannah Hunt, 23, and Eben Lazarus, 22, taped ...

06 Dec 2022 at 15:38

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