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  1. Statement of prosecution policy: diversion and referral to the Principal Reporter in rape and other solemn level sexual offences where the accused is a child

    Prosecution policy on the use of diversion/referral to the Reporter in cases of rape and other solemn level sexual offences where the accused is a child.

    Document Published: 28 Apr 2025
  2. Statement on the case against Robert MacKenzie

    Prosecutors have chose to end the Robert MacKenzie case, who was accused of offences alleged to have taken place at the Fort Augustus school from 1955 to 1988.

    News Published: 26 Nov 2021
  3. Care home sentenced for failings that led to woman’s death

    A care home company has been fined over £1.8 million after a resident choked on a piece of food while consuming her evening meal alone in her room.

    News Published: 20 Oct 2025
  4. Care home deaths linked to COVID-19 as per records held by the COVID Deaths Investigation Team (CDIT): December 2024

    Care homes deaths linked to COVID as per records held by the COVID Deaths Investigation Team (CDIT), December 2024.

    Document Published: 18 Dec 2024
  5. 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
  6. Prosecution policy on the sexual transmission of infection

    Prosecution policy explaining how COPFS deals with cases involving an allegation of intentional or reckless sexual transmission of, or exposure to, infection.

    Document Published: 01 Jul 2014
  7. Lord Advocate committed to tackling domestic abuse

    The Lord Advocate has vowed to give focus to efforts by Scotlands prosecutors to tackle domestic abuse and stalking as the justice system recovers from COVID-19

    News Published: 07 Sept 2021
  8. Lord Advocate reflects on her five-year tenure as she prepares to step down

    Dorothy Bain KC has commented on her time in one of great offices of State. 

    News Published: 20 May 2026
  9. Company fined after 1.8million litres of contaminated waste water seeped into burn

    Devro, which manufactures collagen casings for use in sausage products, fined £48,000 for discharging a large quantity of industrial effluent into a burn.

    News Published: 24 Mar 2026
  10. Trafficker jailed after £2million worth of drugs found in home

    Paul Clark, whose home contained more than £2million worth of controlled drugs, sentenced to five years in prison

    News Published: 22 May 2026