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Guidance on reporting Covid-19 deaths in care homes changes

New guidance cutting the type of coronavirus deaths that must be reported to the Crown Office has been issued as latest figures show a slight fall in such fatalities. Data from National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows that in the week to December 18,...

22 Dec 2022 at 11:29

Scotland

Just get on with setting up drug consumption rooms, campaigners urge

The Scottish Government has been urged to “just get on” with drug consumption rooms despite concerns over their legality. The facilities were first floated seven years ago, with Glasgow’s health and social care partnership drawing up plans for one ...

22 Mar 2023 at 14:49

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 victims experience and ...

14 Jul 2023 at 17:23

Lord Advocate to face MSPs over Horizon scandal

Scotland’s top legal officer will appear before MSPs to face questions on the Horizon scandal, the Crown Office has announced. Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross had called for Dorothy Bain KC to appear in Holyrood to clarify when the ...

11 Jan 2024 at 17:43

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 culpable homicides. The ...

12 Sept 2023 at 12:32

Yousaf calls for ‘urgency’ on pilot drugs consumption room in Glasgow

A pilot drugs consumption room in Glasgow must be taken forward “with urgency”, Humza Yousaf has said, after a statement from Scotland’s Lord Advocate paved the way for such a facility to be established. Dorothy Bain KC made clear that ...

11 Sept 2023 at 14:54

”Not in public interest’ to prosecute for possession in drugs consumption room

Scotland’s Lord Advocate has made clear it would “not be in the public interest” to prosecute people in a safe drugs consumption room with possession of illegal substances. Dorothy Bain KC, who is Scotland’s most senior prosecutor, ...

11 Sept 2023 at 11:30

Emma Caldwell’s killer could have been prosecuted in 2008, family told

Evidence existed to prosecute Emma Caldwell murderer Iain Packer in 2008, the family’s lawyer has said after they met Scotland’s top law officer. Packer, 51, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 36 years at the High Court ...

07 Mar 2024 at 16:26

Scotland

MSPs concerned Scotland has ‘fallen behind’ on post-mortem examination practice

MSPs have raised concerns that Scotland has “fallen behind” the rest of the UK on how post-mortem examinations are carried out. It came as a Holyrood committee quizzed Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC on the issues in a petition ...

14 Jun 2023 at 13:55

Scotland

Hate crime against disabled people highest on record, figures show

Charges against people subjecting disabled people to hate crime because of their condition is the highest on record, figures have shown. Charges against people accused of committing disability aggravated hate crime in ...

13 Jun 2023 at 11:39

Scotland

Lord Advocate in vow on domestic abuse as victims face ‘terrifying’ Christmas

Scotland’s top law officer has renewed her commitment to tackling domestic abuse in a message to victims facing a challenging Christmas period. Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC said the festive period can be ...

19 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Scotland

Lord Advocate asks court to correct legal ‘wrong turn’ affecting some rape cases

Scotland’s most senior law officer has appeared in court in front of an historic nine-judge bench arguing for a change to a decades-old rule affecting some rape cases which she claimed is an “error”. ...

05 Jun 2024 at 16:34

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