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  1. Man sentenced to life in jail for taxi driver murder after rare double jeopardy proceedings

    A man has been given a life sentence for murder following the death of a taxi driver he was initially convicted of assaulting. 

    News Published: 10 Apr 2025
  2. Controlling domestic abuser jailed after raping three women

    A controlling domestic abuser who raped three women – including two on the same night – has been given an Order for Lifelong Restriction.

    News Published: 03 May 2024
  3. Statement on Lord Advocate references to the Court of Appeal

    Lord Advocate notes the outcome of references made to the Court of Appeal seeking a further change in the rules of evidence in rape and other sexual offences.  

    News Published: 30 Oct 2024
  4. Man jailed for violent sexual offences

    A West Lothian man who abused two women during a campaign of violent and sexual abuse has been imprisoned for seven and a half years.

    News Published: 30 Aug 2024
  5. Glasgow flytipper sentenced

    A 33-year-old Glasgow man has been sentenced for illegally disposing of building waste.

    News Published: 01 Sept 2021
  6. Musselburgh man sentenced for fly-tipping

    A 33-year-old man has been sentenced for illegally disposing of waste in East Lothian.

    News Published: 20 Sept 2022
  7. Man fined for fly tipping

    A 42-year-old Edinburgh man who illegally dumped domestic waste has been fined.

    News Published: 18 Nov 2022
  8. Man committed the rape and sexual assault of children over the internet

    Former firefighter jailed for 12 years for sexual abuse of children in the Philippines

    News Published: 24 Mar 2023
  9. Rapist jailed over campaign of abuse towards four men

    A rapist who subjected four men to a catalogue of abuse including sexual violence, physical assault and controlling behaviour has been jailed.

    News Published: 01 Apr 2025
  10. Man caught with modified gun and ammunition in his home jailed

    Steven McGarry, who kept a handgun and a cache of live ammunition in his bedroom, has been jailed for six years and eight months.

    News Published: 13 Sept 2024