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  1. Former nurse sentenced for embezzlement from children’s charity

    A former hospice nurse who embezzled more than £17,000 from a disabled children’s charity to fund his gambling habit has been given a community payback order.

    News Published: 02 Oct 2024
  2. Digital platform for victims and witnesses launched by COPFS

     An initiative to digitally transform how victims and witnesses in criminal cases can access information and guidance relevant to them online has been launched by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).   

    News Published: 15 Apr 2024
  3. West Lothian man sentenced for committing sexual abuse of young children

    A former community centre caretaker has been jailed for ten years over a course of child sexual abuse undertaken whilst in a position of trust within his local community.

    News Published: 13 Nov 2023
  4. Company sentenced for failings that led to death fall

    An Edinburgh agricultural company has been fined £60K for health & safety failings which led to the death of a man when he fell through an industrial shed roof.

    News Published: 27 Oct 2023
  5. Former gamekeeper jailed for animal fighting and gun offences

    A 28-year-old man who kept and trained dogs for fighting has been sentenced to 210 days imprisonment, banned from keeping animals for 15 years and fined £1800 for firearms offences. 

    News Published: 01 Aug 2022
  6. Tree surgeon fined after 16-year-old employee cut with chainsaw

    A tree surgeon has been fined £10,000 after his 16-year-old employee was left with a life changing injury after being cut in a chainsaw accident.

    News Published: 17 Nov 2021
  7. Contacting Victim Information and Advice (VIA) (Easy read)

    How to contact our Victim Information and Advice (VIA) service. Aimed at those with a learning difficulty.

    Document Published: 06 Apr 2017
  8. Annual Complaints Performance Report 2024-2025

    This document sets out COPFS’s performance in respect of complaints received in 2024-2025

    Document Published: 28 Oct 2025
  9. Annual Complaints Performance Report 2023-2024

    This document sets out COPFS’s performance in respect of complaints received in 2023-2024

    Document Published: 28 Oct 2025
  10. Annual Complaints Performance Report 2022-2023

    This document sets out COPFS’s performance in respect of complaints received in 2022-2023

    Document Published: 27 Oct 2025