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  1. Interpreters and language support

    COPFS makes sure that everyone involved in a case can understand and communicate with the court.

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  2. Witness availability for High Court

    Provide your availability to be a witness for a case called to the High Court

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  3. Media enquiries

    Contact information for the COPFS media relations team for journalists to request statements and case information.

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  4. Precognition

    Find out information about 'precognition', the interview with the Procurator Fiscal which happens before a case goes to court.

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  5. Children and young people

    Children under 16 years old, and young people aged 16 to 17, get special support if they have to attend court to give evidence.

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  6. 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
  7. Care home company fined after resident chokes and dies

    A care home company has been fined £640,000 after one of their residents choked on a piece of doughnut and died.

    News Published: 12 Jan 2022
  8. Resources

    Read our guidance publications which include language translations. This section also has a glossary of legal terms and resources for schools.

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  9. Edinburgh man who raped two vulnerable teenagers on same night jailed

    An Edinburgh man who was found guilty of raping two vulnerable teenagers on the same night has been jailed indefinitely.

    News Published: 26 Aug 2025
  10. 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