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Excessive Sentence of 6 Years Reduced to 3 Years on Appeal
Nov 28th, 2018
HMA v David Glass Mr Glass who was convicted of four charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices in December of 2017 after a trial at Dundee Sheriff Court had his appeal against conviction rejected. However he was successful in relation to reducing the custodial...
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Sentence Reduced On Appeal
Nov 24th, 2018
PF v Thomas Flannigan An appellant has successfully appealed his sentence and received a reduction in his custodial sentence. Mr Flannigan appealed against his sentence in relation to a statutory breach of the peace. The appellant pled guilty at the Trial diet and was...
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Appeal Against Abusive Act Refused On Appeal
Nov 22nd, 2018
PF v Sean Murphy Mr Sean Murphy was ordered to complete a community payback order as a disposal after threatening to share intimate images of his former partner. He appealed the decision but this was rejected by the Sheriff Appeal Court. The appeal sheriffs did not...
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‘Extended Sentence’ Successfully Challenged On Appeal
Nov 19th, 2018
HMA v Adam Tonkin Mr Tonkin who pled guilty to unlawful sexual activity with a 14 year old girl has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to impose an extended sentence. The appeal court in Edinburgh quashed the extension period after ruling that the trial sheriff...
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Conviction Quashed On The Grounds Of “Mixed Statements”
Nov 14th, 2018
HMA v Gary McKnight Mr McKnight who was found guilty of driving his car at a cyclist had his appeal against conviction quashed. He was found guilty of assaulting John Rawding to his severe injury and to the danger of his life by driving his car at him and also assaulting a...
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Miscarriage Of Justice Murder Conviction Refused
Nov 8th, 2018
HMA v Ashley Duncan Ms Ashley Duncan who was sentenced for taking part in an attempted murder has lost her in appeal against her conviction. Ms Duncan was sentenced to six years imprisonment after being found guilty of the attack on Mr Jones in Aberdeen in 2016. Her two...
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Driving Disqualification Reduced On Appeal
Nov 3rd, 2018
PF v Love The sheriff appeal court recently dealt with the case of Mr Love who pled guilty to speeding at 93mph on a 70mph zone. The sentence in this case had appealed stated that the justice had erred in stating that English sentencing guidelines applied and that this...
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Appeal Against Lenient Sentence Refused
Oct 31st, 2018
HMA v McCuaig 2018 Mr McCuaig pled guilty to 20 charges of taking and possessing indecent images to children and sending imagined to children. These images were sent as threats to children in order for them to send similar photographs. The sheriff at Mr McCuaigs...
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Culpable Homicide Sentence Reduced on Appeal
Oct 30th, 2018
HMA v McAuley Mr McAuley was a 16 years old when he stabbed and killed a rival gang member. After a trial diet he was convicted of culpable homicide when he was only 17. He was thereafter sentenced to 9 years considering his background and the circumstances of the case....
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Appeal Against Sentences Rejected
Oct 17th, 2018
HMA v LR And DM Co-accused LR and DM are two teenagers who have now had their appeal against their sentences rejected. LR pled guilty to acting in a threatening and abusive manner while DM pled guilty to an assault charge at Dumbarton Sheriff Court. LR was only 17...
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