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  1. Serial sexual offender given Order for Lifelong Restriction

    A serial rapist who terrorised six women in a long campaign of violent and sexual offending has be made subject to an Order for Lifelong Restriction.

    News Published: 02 Feb 2024
  2. Sophia Smith Fatal Accident Inquiry decision

    A decision has been made to hold an FAI into the death of baby Sophia Smith at the Royal Hospital for Children at the QEUH Campus, Glasgow on 11 April 2017.

    News Published: 22 Jan 2024
  3. Amanda Cox Fatal Accident Inquiry decision

    A decision has been made by Crown Counsel that a Fatal Accident Inquiry will not be held into the death of 34-year-old Amanda Cox at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

    News Published: 15 Mar 2022
  4. Support and services

    Services for people involved in a criminal case or death investigation, including victim support, claiming expenses, and information for bereaved families.

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  5. Subject access request form (under 18) WORD

    If you are a child, or are under 18 years old, you can use this form to ask COPFS for personal data and information we hold about you.

    Document Published: 09 Jun 2025
  6. Lawyer who stole £120,000 from client with dementia is jailed

    Former lawyer John Sinclair, who embezzled £120,000 from a pensioner suffering from dementia and living in a nursing home, has been jailed for two years. 

    News Published: 18 Jul 2023
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Senior prosecutor’s behaviour warning for young people after youth sentenced for fireworks offences

    Young people who engage in rioting and public disorder urged to consider the impact a criminal record will have on their lives, prosecutor Nail Almond warned.

    News Published: 04 Aug 2025