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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 force by the police ...

06 Apr 2023 at 11:47

Rape convictions have soared despite pandemic backlog for Scotland’s courts

Rape convictions soared in 2021-22 as Scotland’s courts attempted to deal with a massive backlog caused by the pandemic, figures show. National statistics published by Scotland’s chief statistician showed how the justice system was recovering ...

24 Oct 2023 at 13:29

Woman welcomes jailing of ‘forceful monster’ ex who tried to kill her and mother

A woman whose former partner tried to kill her and her mother by driving a car into the funeral home where she worked said justice has been done as the “forceful monster” was jailed for 11 years. Zoe Turnbull, 46, and her mother Beverly ...

10 Oct 2024 at 15:47

Scotland

No further action to be taken on trafficking charges against Stagecoach founder

No further action will be taken against a bus company tycoon who was charged with human trafficking offences, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal (COPFS) has said. In January 2023, Dame Ann Gloag, co-founder of Stagecoach, was ...

09 Oct 2024 at 19:14

Former policeman jailed for attempting to murder ex-partner and her mother

A former police officer who attempted to murder his ex-girlfriend and her mother by driving a car into the funeral home where she worked has been jailed for 11 years. Zoe Turnbull, 46, and her mother Beverley Turnbull, 71, were ...

10 Oct 2024 at 10:45

Scotland

Domestic abuse laws better reflect victims’ experience, study finds

Prosecutors are “determined” to boost the confidence of victims, the Lord Advocate has said, as new research examined the impact of Scotland’s “innovative” domestic abuse laws. The three small-scale studies found the Domestic ...

10 Jan 2023 at 13:20

Scotland

Domestic abuse victims given inadequate support by courts, review finds

Domestic abuse victims are not being given sufficient support in the lead-up to cases reaching court, a review has found. HM Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland (IPS) carried out an in-depth review of the prosecution of ...

17 Apr 2024 at 13:09

Scotland

More than 30,000 domestic abuse charges reported to Crown in Scotland in a year

More than 30,000 domestic abuse charges were reported to prosecutors between April 2023 and March 2024, figures show. According to statistics from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), 30,100 charges were ...

11 Sept 2024 at 11:56

Scotland

Ex-police officer jailed for ‘appalling abuse’ of three women over 14 years

A former Police Scotland officer “who inflicted unimaginable trauma” upon three women through a campaign of controlling, violent and sexual abuse has been jailed. Christopher Ferguson, 31, was found guilty of nine charges ...

21 Aug 2024 at 12:45

Teenager who murdered stranger in random birthday attack given life sentence

A teenager who murdered a stranger after a day of drinking on his 18th birthday has been sentenced to life behind bars. Brian McKillop, 19, has been ordered to serve a minimum of 11 years and three months after pleading ...

30 Nov 2022 at 16:30

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, ...

08 Jan 2022 at 01:25

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 ...

21 Jan 2024 at 11:55

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