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  1. Prosecutors issue warning on dangers of strangulation

    COPFS prosecutors have issued a powerful warning of the dangers of strangulation – which can cause brain death within minutes but leave no physical signs.

    News Published: 13 Apr 2026
  2. Drugs traffickers jailed for nine years over cocaine and cannabis supply network

    Jamie Montgomery and Darrin Campbell, who set up a drugs trafficking network worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, have been jailed for a total of nine years.

    News Published: 15 May 2025
  3. Pair jailed for trafficking women from Thailand into prostitution

    A man and woman have been jailed for a total of 10 years and nine months for running an extensive trafficking operation for the purposes of sexual exploitation

    News Published: 08 Nov 2024
  4. Pair jailed for dangerous fire incident

    A man and woman who caused more than £78,000 worth of damage after setting fire to a block of flats in Fife have been jailed.

    News Published: 05 Sept 2024
  5. Father and son banned from keeping animals after puppy farming offences

    A father and son have been sentenced for animal welfare offences, illegal puppy farming and a consumer protection offence involving multiple identities to sell puppies on Gumtree.

    News Published: 08 Jul 2022
  6. Equality Mainstreaming Report 2021-23

    The COPFS Equality Mainstreaming Report for 2021 to 2023.

    Document Published: 28 Apr 2023
  7. Former councillor jailed for grooming and sexually assaulting teenagers.

    A former SNP councillor has been jailed for grooming and abusing six teenage boys. Forty-year-old Mark Kerr, from Motherwell, was found guilty of nine charges involving young males, including one attempted rape.

    News Published: 02 Dec 2022
  8. Lord Advocate’s guidelines: safer drug consumption facility

    drugs, LAGs, Lord Advocate, guidelines, safe consumption

    Document Published: 09 Jan 2025
  9. Health board fined for failings that led to the death of a vulnerable patient

    Health board fined £180,000 for failings that led to the death of vulnerable patient Colin Lloyd

    News Published: 14 Feb 2023
  10. Two men jailed for turning terraced house into drugs den

    Two men who turned a terraced house into a secret £500,000 cannabis farm have been jailed for more than three years each.

    News Published: 14 Oct 2025