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Elderly man’s death on A887 to be investigated by PIRC

A man who died following a crash in the Highlands has been confirmed as missing John Winton McNab from Perthshire. Police Scotland confirmed the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) has been instructed by the Crown Office and ...

23 Sept 2022 at 19:03

Scotland

Number of domestic abuse charges reported to prosecutors falls

The number of domestic abuse related charges reported to prosecutors fell slightly last year, though they were at their second highest level in six years, figures show. Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) data showed that in ...

21 Sept 2022 at 12:20

Scotland

‘Fatal accident inquiry took more than nine years to complete’

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) took more than nine years to be completed, new figures show. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) released data on investigations into sudden deaths or accidents, following a freedom of ...

08 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Fatal accident inquiry to take place into death of fisherman who went overboard

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a fisherman who fell overboard in adverse weather. Edison Lacaste, 45, from the Philippines, went overboard from the FV Copious LK985 while the vessel was trawling in the ...

26 Apr 2023 at 15:13

Police shooting of hotel knife attacker ‘necessary’, prosecutors find

Police fatally shooting an asylum seeker who stabbed six people in an attack at a hotel was “absolutely necessary in the circumstances”, prosecutors have concluded. Scotland’s prosecution service investigated the use of lethal ...

06 Apr 2023 at 11:47

Scotland

Health board fined after patient takes own life

A health board has been fined £235,000 over a health and safety breach after a patient took his own life while in its care at a hospital. The 36-year-old man, a father of four, died two days after he was admitted to the South ...

10 Jul 2023 at 14:25

Scotland

Lord Advocate: Use of diversion from prosecution in sex cases to be reviewed

Scotland’s Lord Advocate has ordered a review of how prosecutors deal with diversion from prosecution in cases of serious sexual offences such as rape. Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain said she is “acutely aware” of the trauma ...

14 Jul 2023 at 17:23

Edinburgh Trams fined £240,000 over ‘avoidable’ death of pedestrian

A tram company has been fined £240,000 after it failed to learn from a near miss two years before a pedestrian was killed at a crossing, a court has heard. Bus driver Carlos Correa Palacio, 53, died after he was struck ...

24 Aug 2023 at 20:02

Scotland

Fatal accident inquiry for elderly prisoner

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) will be held into the death of a 77-year-old prisoner. William Tucker was at HMP Low Moss in East Dunbartonshire before his death on October 5 2022. He had been receiving palliative care ...

21 Jan 2024 at 11:55

Scotland

Nearly all domestic abuse charges were prosecuted in the past year

Nearly all domestic abuse charges reported to the Crown Office in the past year were prosecuted, figures show. Prosecutors pursued 94% of the 30,139 charges in 2022-23 through the courts, including seven murders or ...

12 Sept 2023 at 12:32

Scotland

Domestic abuse survivors share their experiences in BBC documentary

Two survivors of domestic abuse are among those who share their stories as part of a BBC Scotland documentary. On Monday, Lauren Hardie and Carolyn Quinn describe their experiences at the hands of abusive partners ...

11 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Buying pet from puppy farms could fund organised crime, families warned

Families are being urged not buy puppies online as Christmas presents amid fears money exchanged may be used by criminal gangs. The warning comes as illegally-bred puppies sold through a black-market trade on ...

04 Dec 2023 at 00:01

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