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At the High Court in Glasgow today, Craig Roy was found guilty of the murder of Jack Frew. The jury found him guilty unanimously following a 12-day trial.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court today, David Craig (DOB 26/09/1987) pled guilty to posting sectarian messages on a social networking site. The court heard that between 2 March and 14 March 2011 Craig, from Paisley, posted a number of messages on Facebook of an offensive, threatening, abusive and sectarian nature. He had also uploaded an image of Celtic manager Neil Lennon which had been altered to simulate him having been shot a number of times.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court today, a Confiscation Order for £75,000 was made against Edward Lyons (DOB 14-02-1958). Lyons, from Glasgow, had previously pleaded guilty to two mortgage frauds and transferring criminal property. He was sentenced to 300 hours community service.
The pilot, which will initially run at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for a 4 month period, will test the potential benefits of using mobile phone text (SMS) messages, in order to remind Crown witnesses of the date they are due to attend court.
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PERFORMANCE AGAINST KEY TARGETS: APRIL 2011 - SEPTEMBER 2011
Area of Activity
Performance Target
Performance Achieved
Description of Target
Take and Implement Decisions
75% within 4 weeks
83%
Take a decision on the appropriate course of action and implement that decision in at least 75% of...
Parliamentary Questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Executive or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to obtain factual and statistical information from the Scottish Executive or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
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Review of Sexual Offences
In October 2004 COPFS embarked on a comprehensive review of its handling of the investigation and prosecution of rape and other serious sexual offences ("the review of sexual offences"). Information about the review of sexual offences, its findings and...
Cadder v Her Majesty's Advocate
Today the Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Cadder v HMA in which it considered the law and practice under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 of police interviewing detained persons in a police station without allowing them...