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  1. Former youth football coach jailed for historic sexual abuse

    A former Boys Brigade leader and youth football coach has been jailed after historically abusing seven boys in his care.

    News Published: 02 Jul 2024
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Letter of engagement

    This document is an updated letter of engagement for use by legal representatives when notifying COPFS that they have been engaged to act.

    Document Published: 24 Mar 2023
  5. Contracts register

    View the COPFS procurement contracts register

    Document Published: 19 Jan 2021
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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