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Hate crime charges relating to disability and sexual orientation rise: report

Hate crime charges relating to sexual orientation and disability increased last year, according to new figures. A Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) report found that 5,640 charges containing at least one element of hate crime were ...

14 Jun 2022 at 14:31

Civil servant who alleged race discrimination receives ‘substantial settlement’

A civil servant who brought a race discrimination case to challenge her treatment in the workplace is receiving a substantial settlement from Scottish Ministers. Rose Quarcoo, who was employed by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:53

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

Family of man killed by Edinburgh tram demand answers three years on

The family of a man who was killed by a tram in Edinburgh have said they are “at their wits’ end” after waiting more than three years for answers. Carlos Palacio, 53, was struck as he crossed tram tracks in the city’s Saughton area on ...

07 Jan 2022 at 12:55

Fatal accident inquiry ordered into death of 13-year-old neglected by mother

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of a 13-year-old girl who was left at home while her mother went to the pub will begin in the summer. Robyn Goldie, from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, died on July 26, 2018 after she ...

19 Apr 2023 at 14:15

Scotland

Drug trafficker caught with £2.5m of cocaine in car after police chase jailed

A drug trafficker who was found to have nearly £2.5 million of cocaine in the boot of his car when he was stopped by police after a high-speed chase has been jailed for five years. Dylan Nicol, 24, from Dundee, drove at speeds ...

22 Nov 2024 at 16:03

Scotland

Fatal accident inquiry into boy’s death at hospital to begin next month

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a three-year-old boy at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Archie Donald died on November 20, 2019 after being admitted to the Royal Hospital for Children, ...

05 Apr 2024 at 13:34

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 ...

10 Jan 2023 at 13:20

Man who stored homemade firearms jailed for five years

A man caught with a hoard of homemade firearms which he said he stored for a friend to keep the weapons out of homeless hostels has been jailed for five years. Salvatore Lupi, 38, was caught when Police Scotland’s ...

13 Aug 2024 at 11:43

Rapist jailed after duping woman into unprotected sex in Scottish courts first

A man has been jailed for rape after he duped a woman into believing he had used a condom while they were having sex in the first prosecution of its kind in Scotland. Luke Ford, 35, of Stirling, was found guilty ...

18 Dec 2024 at 13:36

Joint fatal accident inquiry to be held into two deaths in police custody

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the deaths of two men in police custody. Declan Gallacher died in custody at Clydebank Police Office in West Dunbartonshire on December 23, 2018 and David Berry died ...

28 Mar 2023 at 09:23

Scotland

Solicitor General apologises to families who have waited ‘too long’ for FAIs

Scotland’s Solicitor General has apologised to families who have “waited too long” for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) to be held into the death of a loved one. Ruth Charteris KC said while there could be ...

05 Jun 2024 at 17:46

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