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  1. Subject access request form (under 18)

    If you are a child, or are under 18 years old, you can use this form to ask COPFS for personal data and information we hold about you.

    Document Published: 09 Jun 2025
  2. Letter of engagement

    This document is an updated letter of engagement for use by legal representatives when notifying COPFS that they have been engaged to act.

    Document Published: 24 Mar 2023
  3. FAI court process begins for the death of a transportation company worker

    COPFS has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Jordan Little.  

    News Published: 23 Dec 2024
  4. New process for children accused of sexual offences

    The Lord Advocate has set out new processes for future decisions to use diversion from prosecution or referral to the Children’s Reporter.

    News Published: 28 Apr 2025
  5. Man jailed for indecent assaults on university students

    A man who indecently assaulted three people while falsely claiming to be conducting radiation testing after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster has been jailed

    News Published: 12 Jul 2024
  6. Man who abused three children jailed for 10 years

    A violent rapist who began abusing three young children when he was just 12-years-old has been jailed.

    News Published: 20 Aug 2024
  7. Man jailed for injuring prison custody officers during escape attempt

    A man who left two prison officers injured after trying to escape from custody during a hospital visit has been jailed.

    News Published: 23 Aug 2024
  8. Teenage rapist jailed for attacking four girls

    A teenage rapist who attacked four girls over the course of nine months has been given a 10-year extended sentence.

    News Published: 02 Sept 2024
  9. Electrician jailed for voyeurism offences

    An electrician who admitted secretly filming more than a dozen people in private situations over the course of a decade has been jailed.

    News Published: 02 Sept 2024
  10. Man who drove car into former partner’s office jailed for attempted murder

    A man who tried to kill his former partner and her mother by driving his vehicle through the window of a funeral directors has been jailed.

    News Published: 10 Oct 2024