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Former foster carer jailed for cruel and unnatural treatment of children
A former foster carer who subjected four children to a catalogue of abuse over the course of a decade has been jailed.
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Two men jailed over £600,000 Transatlantic drug smuggling plot
Two drug traffickers who tried to smuggle cannabis with a street value of almost £600,000 into Scotland on a flight from Canada have been jailed for a total of five years and six months.
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Prison officer sentenced for indecent communication and possessing child abuse images
A prison officer who believed he was sending sexual messages to a child on a social media messaging app has been sentenced.
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Paisley man made child abuse images using Artificial Intelligence app
A telecoms worker from Paisley has been sentenced for creating and storing AI-generated images of child sex abuse.
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Woman jailed for embezzlement ordered to pay back almost £670,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws
A woman who embezzled £1.5million from a family scrap metal business in Aberdeen has been ordered to repay almost £670,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws.
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Drugs traffickers jailed for nine years over cocaine and cannabis supply network
Two men who set up a drugs trafficking network worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been imprisoned for a total of nine years.
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Man who raped vulnerable girl jailed after extradition to Scotland
A man who was extradited from Germany to stand trial after raping a vulnerable teenage girl has been jailed for eight years.
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Employee who embezzled £1million from local authority ordered to pay back funds under Proceeds of Crime laws
A former local authority employee who embezzled more than £1million from Aberdeen City Council over a 17-year period has been ordered to repay more than £165,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws.
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Lord Advocate welcomes new protocol for work-related deaths
The Lord Advocate has welcomed a new agreement which will improve how agencies work together in the investigation of work-related deaths in Scotland.
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Doctor who installed hidden cameras sentenced for voyeurism offences
A doctor convicted of voyeurism offences after secretly recording more than two dozen people over the course of three years has been jailed for 18 months.