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Lord Advocate statement: Prosecution guidance on public safety and prison population
The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC made this statement to the Scottish Parliament regarding prosecution guidance on public safety and prison population.
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Man convicted of illegally selling peregrine falcon chicks agrees to repay £27,000
A man convicted of possessing and selling wild peregrine falcon chicks for large sums of money has agreed to pay back more than £27,000 in a Proceeds of Crime confiscation action.
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Fatal Accident Inquiry Determination for Glenochil prisoner death published
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) notes the conclusion of the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of 76-year-old James McCafferty.
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Fatal Accident Inquiry Determination published following death of prisoner
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) notes the conclusion of the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of 76-year-old Peter Tobin.
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FAI court process begins for man who died in HMP Edinburgh
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of 68-year-old Alan Cameron.
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Cancer charities fraudster jailed for three years
A charity manager who fraudulently obtained more than £95,000 from two cancer foundations and channelled the cash into family bank accounts over a period of ten years has been jailed for three years.
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Three jailed Ayrshire drug traffickers have been given court orders designed to prevent their involvement in serious organised crime.
Three jailed Ayrshire drug traffickers have been given court orders designed to prevent their involvement in serious organised crime.
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Former nurse sentenced for embezzlement from children’s charity
A former hospice nurse who embezzled more than £17,000 from a disabled children’s charity to fund his gambling habit has been given a community payback order.
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Statement from Deputy Crown Agent Kenny Donnelly following the sentencing of drugs trafficker James Stevenson and others
COPFS statement from Deputy Crown Agent Kenny Donnelly following the sentencing of drugs trafficker James Stevenson and others at the High Court in Glasgow
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A man linked to serious organised crime who discussed in encrypted mobile phone messages making enough money from drugs-trafficking to buy 100 flats has been jailed for seven years.
A man linked to serious organised crime who discussed in encrypted mobile phone messages making enough money from drugs-trafficking to buy 100 flats has been jailed for seven years.