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A serial sexual offender convicted of 12 charges against four women has been given an Order for Lifelong Restriction at the High Court in Glasgow.
The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has issued this statement following the court's decision in respect of the recent appeal against conviction by Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi.
A man who possessed a crossbow and other items for terrorist purposes has been jailed.
Gabrielle Friel had amassed a collection of weapons in his Edinburgh flat, including a crossbow, scope, 15 crossbow arrows, a machete and ballistic vest.
A trustee who embezzled hundreds of thousands from a charity has been ordered to pay back £700,000 in profit.
The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has issued this statement following the unsealing of charges in relation to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie.
The leader of a drugs gang that supplied heroin and cocaine in Scotland’s Central Belt has been told he must pay back the profit of his crimes.
A 34-year-old man who punched and kicked a neighbour to death outside his Ayrshire home has been jailed for life.
A Glasgow based company has admitted a health and safety offence after an employee fell through a fragile plasterboard ceiling, sustaining life-changing injuries.
A 34-year-old man has been banned from keeping animals for life after being found guilty of badger baiting and animal cruelty offences.
Five members of a drugs gang who were operating a machine which could manufacture hundreds of thousands of pills have been jailed.
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