Dale Gardiner was convicted of a charge of culpable homicide under provocation. He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment. His appeal against sentence has been refused by the appeal court. It was heard in evidence that he stabbed his best friend to death after playing PlayStation together. At the [...]

The teenage rapist was sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment after being convicted of attacking girls at a flat in Lochgelly.  Those acting on behalf of Jordan Dunn stated that the sentence imposed was excessive. He was convicted of three rape attacks on two girls and sent [...]

Gerald McGory was convicted of viewing and distributing indecent images and videos of children as young as three years old. He pled guilty to the charges and the sentencing sheriff imposed a custodial sentence of 27 months.  A Criminal Justice Social Work Report was obtained and it stated that [...]

Faisal Aziz was originally convicted of an offence under section 7 (1) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. He was convicted of making a sexual communication for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification to the complainers who were aged 18 and 21. The case was appealed on the [...]

Robert McDonald and Euan Milligan were convicted separately. They were both sentenced to a Community Payback Order which incorporated the maximum of 300 hours of unpaid work. This was imposed by the court as an alternative to custody. Both men appealed the sentence.  Mr McDonald pled guilty to causing the [...]

Bret Ewen was caught with high purity cocaine worth more than £120,000. During a raid of his home police recovered almost a kilo of cocaine. They also found a press in a shed in the rear garden of the property. It was thought that Ewen may have been adulterating [...]

The girl in question was 12 years old when she invited the 17-year-old victim into a flat in Craigneuk. They consumed alcohol however the situation changed after the older girl answered a phone call from police.  The 13-year-old along with a 15-year-old accomplice punched the girl repeatedly and locked her [...]

Keith Cameron, 61, conned his terminally ill friend out of almost £500,000. He used this money to pay for his home which has been valued at over £1 million and to send his children to private school. Cameron who was jailed in 2015 was served with a proceeds of crime [...]

Lars Pederson, 38, raped Alison McAllister, 56, after coming across her at The Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill. McAllister was sitting alone and was in a distressed state as she grieved the death of her partner.  Pederson attacked her and left her on the canal path to go to [...]

The appellant, WM, was convicted of two charges of assault. One of the charges involved his 6-year-old son. He was convicted of repeatedly striking him over the head and pulling him by the hair over a period of five months. The second charge involved assaulting another child over the first [...]