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  1. Care company sentenced for failings that led to lone worker’s rape

    An Edinburgh-based care company has been fined £20,000 for their failure to safeguard a worker who became the victim of abduction, assault and rape.

    News Published: 22 Sept 2021
  2. Businessman agrees to hand over £600,000 in landmark settlement following civil investigation

    Businessman Goljar Singh agrees to hand over £600,000 in landmark settlement following civil investigation

    News Published: 06 Feb 2023
  3. Domestic abuser jailed after hiding listening devices in ex-partner's home

    A violent domestic abuser who installed hidden listening devices in his former partner’s home has been jailed.

    News Published: 05 Sept 2024
  4. Briefing note on investigation of deaths and FAI

    COPFS is committed to the prompt investigation of deaths, but accepts that in some cases the time taken to complete a thorough investigation has been too long.

    News Published: 24 Dec 2018
  5. Fake taxi driver jailed after raping woman

    A man posing as a taxi driver who raped a woman in his unlicensed vehicle has been jailed.

    News Published: 28 Aug 2024
  6. Man who killed grandparents ordered to be detained at the State Hospital in Carstairs.

    A 21-year-old man, Tobyn Salvatore, admitted killing his grandparents in a knife attack and has been ordered to be detained at the State Hospital in Carstairs

    News Published: 21 Sept 2023
  7. Statement on the case against Robert MacKenzie

    Prosecutors have chose to end the Robert MacKenzie case, who was accused of offences alleged to have taken place at the Fort Augustus school from 1955 to 1988.

    News Published: 26 Nov 2021
  8. Crown rules that a Fatal Accident Inquiry should be held into the Glasgow bin lorry incident

    Crown Counsel have decided that a Fatal Accident Inquiry should be held into the Glasgow bin lorry incident

    News Published: 25 Feb 2015
  9. Lord Advocate committed to tackling domestic abuse

    The Lord Advocate has vowed to give focus to efforts by Scotlands prosecutors to tackle domestic abuse and stalking as the justice system recovers from COVID-19

    News Published: 07 Sept 2021
  10. Man who covered pheasant carcasses in rat poison over feud with landowner sentenced

    A man who coated pheasant carcasses in rat poison to bait and injure other legally protected wildlife has been ordered to carry out 135 hours of unpaid work.

    News Published: 05 Jun 2025