News
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Aberdeen businessman ordered to pay £65,000 under proceeds of crime legislation
An Aberdeen businessman jailed for dealing drugs has been ordered to pay £65,000 under proceeds of crime legislation.
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Man who hid thousands in cash from drug deal profits in relative’s homes jailed for six years
A man with links to serious organised crime who used the homes of family members to conceal thousands of pounds made from drug deals has been imprisoned for six years.
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Lord Advocate addresses Inspectorate report
The Lord Advocate has accepted a report into how domestic abuse is prosecuted, which has emphasised that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service must speed up the work it is doing to improve the service it gives to victims.
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Man jailed for dog cruelty and banned from owning animals for ten years
A man whose dog had to be put down after he abandoned it and left it inside a crate for several days has been imprisoned for six months and banned from owning or looking after animals for ten years.
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Digital platform for victims and witnesses launched by COPFS
An initiative to digitally transform how victims and witnesses in criminal cases can access information and guidance relevant to them online has been launched by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).
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Five-man Inverclyde drugs gang sentenced to total of 31 years and eight months in prison
Five members of a notorious serious organised crime gang who ran a massive drugs trafficking empire in Inverclyde have been jailed for a total of 31 years and eight months.
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Edinburgh teacher found to have persecuted young boys.
John Brownlee, a former teacher, inflicted sadistic cruelty on young boys at the Edinburgh Academy between 1967 and 1991. He has been found to have physically assaulted and emotionally abused children at the school.
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Relocation of Dundee Procurator Fiscal Office
New contact information
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American pilot jailed for being over alcohol limit before Edinburgh to New York flight
An American pilot who was found to be almost two and a half times the alcohol limit as he prepared to take charge of a trans-Atlantic flight from Edinburgh to New York has been jailed for 10 months.
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Lisa Gillespie KC named Deputy Principal Crown Counsel
Lisa Gillespie KC named Deputy Principal Crown Counsel