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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 home sentenced for failing that led to resident’s death

    A care home has been fined £20,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable 90-year-old man.

    News Published: 10 May 2023
  7. Third-party data breach

    Third party data breach

    News Published: 13 Aug 2026
  8. 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
  9. Cameron House Hotel - Fatal Accident Inquiry review decision

    An independent Crown Office review has decided that a Fatal Accident Inquiry should be held into the deaths of Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley who died in 2017.

    News Published: 16 Jun 2021
  10. 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