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  1. Company director and employee sentenced for fly tipping

    The director of a ‘Man with a Van’ business and his employee have been sentenced for dumping household waste in Glasgow.

    News Published: 06 Mar 2023
  2. Foster carer subjected vulnerable children to cruel and unnatural treatment

    Woman from Midlothian found guilty of abusing children in her care

    News Published: 07 Aug 2025
  3. COPFS meets with charity ambassador of Australian woman killed by estranged husband

    As part of ongoing domestic abuse training, Scottish prosecutors have met with the best friend of an Australian mother who was murdered by her estranged husband

    News Published: 05 Dec 2024
  4. Two men who drugged, raped and murdered young dad jailed

    Two men who drugged, raped and murdered a young father in Fife just hours after meeting him have been jailed for life.

    News Published: 25 Oct 2024
  5. Prosecution Code

    The Prosecution Code sets out a framework for prosecutorial decision-making and the terms of our test for prosecutorial action.

    Document Published: 01 May 2001
  6. Windfarm security guard died of hypothermia after companies' failings

    Two companies have been fined after a security guard died of hypothermia when he and his colleague were snowed in on a construction site.

    News Published: 17 Nov 2021
  7. Man sexually assaulted girls after dragging them off Blantyre streets

    A man who sexually assaulted two young girls after dragging them off the street in a bid to rape them has been jailed for over six years.

    News Published: 30 Oct 2025
  8. Peter Murrell prosecution briefing

    An explanation about how the case was handled, the processes followed and safeguards in place, and why public comment was limited while proceedings were ongoing

    Document Published: 23 Jun 2026
  9. Former Police Officer sentenced for sexual assault

    A police officer who sexually assaulted a woman he knew has been sentenced to a one year Community Payback order and had his name added to the Sex Offenders Register for one year. 

    News Published: 10 Nov 2022
  10. Prison death Determination with significant recommendations published

    The Procurator Fiscal notes the publication of the determination in the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Sarah Jane Riley. 

    News Published: 04 Nov 2025