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High Court Refuses An Appeal By Man Against Knife Assault Conviction
Oct 6th, 2021
Cumbernauld man refused an appeal at the High Court of Justiciary against his conviction for assaulting another with a knife nearby to a local shop. Gary Orr was found guilty and sentenced to a 30-month cumulo penalty. Mr Orr argued that the trial judge should have provided...
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Sheriff Determines That The Death Of Prisoner At HMP Addiewell Could Have Been Avoided
Oct 6th, 2021
Sheriff Keir found that the death of a man in HMP Addiewell, Scotland’s only privately run prison could have been avoided. It was determined that there were defects on the then current system of working within the prison. On the 20th of April 2019 John Smith died, in his...
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High Court Refuses Appeal Against Decision To Review Evidence Admissibility In Sexual Offences Trial
Sep 14th, 2021
The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal by a man charged with 19 sexual offences against six different complainers challenging a trial judge’s decision to review orders allowing certain evidence to be led by him.  The trial judge revoked previous order...
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Man Convicted Of Sexually Touching Child Over A Six-Year Period Has Sentence Reduced On Appeal
Sep 13th, 2021
A man convicted of sexually touching a teenager has had his sentence reduced after he appealed against his sentence and lodged a bill of suspension seeking to suspend the sentence imposed by the sheriff at trial.  William Hepburn, aged 79 at the time of sentencing, was...
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Ex-Teacher Who Engaged In Sexual Activities With School Pupils In Shetland Has Sentence Reduced
Sep 12th, 2021
On appeal at the High Court of Justiciary a former Shetland teacher who was convicted of engaging in sexual activities with two students has had his sentence reduced by three months. Kieran Malcolmson was convicted of one offence under the Sexual Offences (Amendment)...
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Man With 34 Previous Convictions Granted Appeal After Assaulting Friend And Ex-Partner
Sep 12th, 2021
Colin Marshall who was convicted of assaulting his friend and ex-partner and of attempted murder of the former has had his sentence reduced by 3 years on appeal at the High Court of Justiciary.  Mr Marshall was sentenced by the sheriff at trial to 18 years’...
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Reponses to Government Consultation Back Pardon for Miners
Sep 4th, 2021
A Scottish Government consultation on the pardoning of miners found guilty of offenses during the 1984-85 strikes shows overwhelming support from responses. Eighty-seven per cent of responses supported pardoning breaches of the peace, and 86% supported pardons in relation...
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Rate of Fines Collection Returning to Levels Pre-Covid
Sep 4th, 2021
Figures from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) show collection rates of court fines are beginning to reach pre-pandemic levels. The three-year collection rates for all fine and penalty types have shown improvement, with the rates for Sheriff Court fines by...
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Three Post-Conviction Appeals For Abduction and Rape Refused by High Court
Sep 4th, 2021
Appeals on behalf of three men convicted of abduction and rape based on new medical evidence been refused by the High Court of Justiciary. The three men, Brian Meighan, Kevin Kane, and David Pugh, were each sentenced to 6 years imprisonment. The Scottish Criminal Cases...
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Scottish Police Authority Finds Police Enforcement of Covid-19 Restrictions “Fair and Proportionate”
Aug 26th, 2021
A report published by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) has found police enforcement of Covid-19 restrictions to have been “fair and proportionate”. The group, chaired by John Scott QC, published the report ahead of a SPA board meeting which took place on the 25th...
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