Anthony Stokes, 35, has been jailed for five months as a direct consequence of breaching a court order.  Stokes was subject to a court order that prevented him from contacting his ex-girlfriend, Eilidh Scott and her family. He was subject to this order after he pled guilty to sending a [...]

Tracy Menhinick, 52, poisoned her victim by intentionally giving him ‘industrial amounts’ of laxatives.  The victim was a young boy, aged between 3 and 6 at the time of the offence. He was given such a large quantity of laxatives by Menhinick that he was hospitalised due to his failure [...]

The petitioner was sentenced to 12 years in prison for two charges of rape and two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous conduct to a girl aged between 12 and 16.  He was released on license in March 2023. He was subject to multiple conditions, the followings are those that [...]

The appellant, JH, was convicted of assaulting family members over a two year period. He has appealed this conviction, arguing that the jury had been misdirected on what is required for corroboration.  The charges concerned an assault on his partner’s son where he struck him on the head, punched him, [...]

The appellant, JH, was convicted of assaulting family members over a two year period. He has appealed this conviction, arguing that the jury had been misdirected on what is required for corroboration.  The charges concerned an assault on his partner’s son where he struck him on the head, punched him, [...]

Liam Nelson, aged 26, first pled guilty to assaulting his partner at his home address. The court heard that Nelson had been drinking and started to argue with the woman.  The prosecution stated that "He slapped her on the head and face and pushed her into the bedroom. He grabbed [...]

Two men, Lewis Spence and Connor Steele appealed against their conviction for attempted murder. They argued that the trial was unfair as it was conducted remotely due to Covid measures that were in place at the time. Mr Spence additionally appealed against his sentence claiming that it was unduly excessive.  [...]

Jennifer Tait has been sentenced to two years in prison after stalking victims that she met on dating sites and falsely telling them that she was pregnant.  The parties would meet through the dating app ‘Plenty of Fish.’ It transpired that after a very short term relationship between Jennifer and [...]

John O’Flaherty has been found guilty of 7 offences against multiple girls between 1980 and 1996.  The offences occurred at various locations in Edinburgh including a storage unit and an ice cream van.  Two of the victims were young children, one aged 7 and another just a young teenager at [...]

Iain Packer has been convicted following a 5 week trial at Glasgow High Court.  The investigation was reopened in 2015 after instruction from the Lord Advocate. He was facing 36 charges against 25 women. He was convicted of 33 charges including 2 indecent assaults, two sexual assaults, and 11 rapes [...]