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  1. Five-man Inverclyde drugs gang sentenced to total of 31 years and eight months in prison

    Five members of a serious organised crime gang who ran a huge drugs trafficking empire in Inverclyde have been jailed for a total of 31 years and eight months.

    News Published: 04 Apr 2024
  2. Crown Office statement on the Park Inn Hotel shooting incident

    On 26 June 2020, Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh was shot and killed by Police Scotland officers after he stabbed and seriously injured six in the Park Inn Hotel

    News Published: 06 Apr 2023
  3. House raid gang linked to organised crime jailed

    Four men who led police on a high-speed car and helicopter chase after carrying out a £10,000 jewellery raid on a house have been jailed.

    News Published: 01 Feb 2023
  4. Victims' Right to Review

    This guide explains how the victim of a crime can ask COPFS to review a decision not to take action or to stop prosecuting a case after it has started in court.

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  5. Do not suffer in silence, Lord Advocate urges women

    Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has spoken out against the crime of coercive control and encouraged victims not to suffer in silence this festive period.

    News Published: 23 Dec 2024
  6. Lord Advocate announces sexual crime prosecution review

    The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC has ordered a review of how prosecutors deal with reports of sexual offences.

    News Published: 22 Dec 2021
  7. Violent rapist jailed for campaign of abuse across Scotland

    14 year sentence for abuser who terrorised three women

    News Published: 07 Feb 2025
  8. Victim Notification Scheme

    A service providing victims of crime with information about offenders detained in prison. Users may also make representations to the Parole Board.

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  9. The Lord Advocate's opening keynote address at Law Society of Scotland Conference 2022

    On Friday 21 October 2022 The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC gave the opening keynote 'Upholding the rule of law: Achieving fairness in the justice system' at the Law Society of Scotland's annual conference.

    News Published: 27 Oct 2022
  10. Man who raped vulnerable girl jailed after extradition to Scotland

    Marwan Al-Bakr, who was extradited from Germany to stand trial after raping a vulnerable teenage girl, has been jailed for eight years.

    News Published: 12 May 2025