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Drug Dealer Sentenced After Being Caught With Just Under 10,000 Street Valium Tablets
Nov 23rd, 2020
Stephen McCue was arrested at his home in Springburn after his property was raided and officers discovered approximately 10,000 tablets of street Valium. The prosecutor told the court that the wholesale value of the drugs was around £2,370 with a maximum street value of...
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Early Resolution of Summary Criminal Cases Sought to Reduce Backlog
Nov 20th, 2020
Lord Carloway, the Lord Justice General, has issued a practice note which is hoped to reduce the backlog of summary cases at the Sheriff Court’s. The practice note provides for early meetings between the defence and the prosecution prior to the trial diet to establish if...
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Man Jailed For 8 Years For Attempted Murder
Nov 17th, 2020
Aaron Dines, aged 41, was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment following the attempted murder of Martin Nobel in Aberdeenshire in November 2018. Mr Dines was accused of stabbing Mr Nobel. Mr Dines had lodged a special defence of self-defence and was convicted following trial...
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Travel Ban To Become Law?
Nov 16th, 2020
Nicola Sturgeon has stated that the Scottish Government is actively considering bringing in legislation to make it illegal for people to travel out with their local authority area depending on the level of restrictions in that area as part of the effort to tackle...
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Concerns Over New Hate Crime Bill Raised 
Nov 16th, 2020
The Hate Crime and Public Order Bill has come under criticism from the legal profession. The Bill is set to be a consolidation of the current hate crimes and aims at bringing together the various existing hate crime laws into a single Act. The Bill adds crime based on a...
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Scottish Government May Write Off Uncompleted Community Service Hours
Nov 5th, 2020
A leaked report produced by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has called for the Scottish Government to write off around 210,000 hours of community service. The report has been produced in a background where many individuals have been unable to...
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Mother Who Left Dying 13 Year Old Sentenced
Nov 5th, 2020
Robyn Goldie aged 13 had complained to her mother of feeling unwell between 19th July and 26th July 2018. Her mother, Sharon Goldie, refused to call an ambulance for her and stopped a friend from taking her to hospital stating that Robyn was attention seeking. Sharon...
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Sheriff Court Trials to Resume in Glasgow and Edinburgh
Nov 5th, 2020
Following the success of remote jury trials in the High Courts of Edinburgh and Glasgow remote jury trials are set to be rolled out to Glasgow and Edinburgh Sheriff Courts. Six juries will be based remotely in the Odeon cinema at Glasgow Quay for Glasgow Sheriff Court jury...
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Man Who Raped Teenager in Lane Sentenced to 5 Years
Nov 3rd, 2020
Ji Ren Li who raped a 17 year old woman within 6 minutes of their meeting was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment following a 3 day trial at Glasgow High Court. Ji Ren Li was reported to have carried the complainer who was intoxicated and incapable of consenting into a lane...
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Sheriff Court Jury Trials in Scotland to Restart in December 2020
Oct 26th, 2020
The Scottish Government is set to invest £6.5 million to extend remote jury centres across Scotland to allow the resumption of Sheriff Court jury trials in December. There has not been a Sheriff Court jury trial in Scotland since March 2020 which has lead to a backlog of...
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