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  1. 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.

    28 May 2025 Cases
  2. 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.

    28 May 2025 Cases
  3. 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.  

    21 May 2025 Cases
  4. 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.

    19 May 2025 Cases
  5. 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.

    16 May 2025 Cases
  6. 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.

    15 May 2025 Cases
  7. 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.

    12 May 2025 Cases
  8. 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.

    12 May 2025 Cases
  9. 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.

    08 May 2025 Cases
  10. Two men jailed for more than 13 years over bid to smuggle drugs from Spain hidden inside crates of watermelons

    Two men who plotted to ferry cannabis with a street value of up £1.5m into Scotland from Europe hidden inside a lorry load of watermelons have been imprisoned for a total of 13 years and two months.

    25 Apr 2025 Cases