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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 developed peritonitis ...

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 of up to 120mph to ...

22 Nov 2024 at 16:03

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 Abuse (Scotland) ...

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 Organised Crime and Counter ...

13 Aug 2024 at 11:43

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 at Govan Police Office in ...

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 “legitimate reasons” for waits ...

05 Jun 2024 at 17:46

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 ...

08 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Lawyer of families bereaved by Covid calls for care homes investigation update

A lawyer representing families who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 has pushed for an update into an investigation of deaths from the virus in care homes. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said last year its Covid-19 ...

27 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Scotland

Fatal accident inquiries to be held into prisoner deaths

Fatal accident inquiries will be held into four prisoners’ deaths – three of which involved drugs. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said it has lodged notices to begin the court process for conjoined ...

07 Jun 2023 at 10:40

Scotland

Woman arrested under abortion buffer zone law faces no further action

The first woman arrested under Scotland’s abortion buffer zones law will face no further action from prosecutors. Rose Docherty, 75, was arrested after police were called to reports of an anti-abortion protest in ...

14 Aug 2025 at 13:17

Scotland

Prosecutors investigate death of patient who had hospital acquired infection

Prosecutors are investigating the death of a woman seven years after she became seriously ill with a hospital acquired infection as a teenager. Molly Cuddihy died on Tuesday at the Queen Elizabeth University ...

28 Aug 2025 at 14:06

Scotland

Probe into woman’s hospital death to begin next month

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of a woman taken to hospital to deliver her baby who died in utero is set to start next month. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged ...

25 Jul 2023 at 08:38

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