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  1. Housing association sentenced for failings that led to woman’s death

    A housing association has been fined £100,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable 64-year-old woman in their care.

    News Published: 09 Feb 2023
  2. Nursery fined after baby chokes to death

    An Edinburgh nursery has been fined £800,000 after an eleven-month-old boy in its care died after choking on a piece of food.

    News Published: 18 Jan 2022
  3. County lines gang members who manipulated drug users into 'cuckooing' their homes jailed

    Two members of a county lines drug trafficking gang, Mohammed Miah and Abdul Khan, have been jailed for a total of 11 years and three months.

    News Published: 30 Aug 2023
  4. Four men sentenced for football disorder ahead of 2024 Scottish League Cup Final

    Four men have been imprisoned for their part in violent clashes between Old Firm fans ahead of the 2024 Scottish League Cup Final.

    News Published: 19 May 2026
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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