Kenneth Thomson v HMA [2020] HCJAC 49 The appellant was convicted on the 25th of October 2019 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court of: on the 13th of September 2018 (1) assaulting Osman Celik and brandishing a broken bottle at him; (2) possession of an offensive weapon – the broken bottle – and; (3) [...]

Alexander Garland v HMA [2020] HCJAC 46 The appellant was convicted of sexual assault of an 11 year old girl on the 6th of December 2019 and was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment – 3 months of which was attributed to a bail aggravation. The appellant appealed on the basis that [...]

AS v HMA [2020] HCJAC 42 The appellant was found guilty of three charges involving the indecent assault, attempted rape and rape of his sister, AB, and an indecent assault on a male cousin, CD. The offences were said to have taken place in the family home in Coatbridge between [...]

(First) Keirin McMillan or Elliott; (Second) Aron McMillan; and (Third) Levi Hunter or Brown v HMA [2020] HCJAC 41 Three young offenders, Kieran McMillan or Elliott, Aron McMillan and Levi Hunter or Brown, were found guilty of assaulting Alasdair Forsyth at his home in Edinburgh, striking him with several implements, [...]

Adnan Munir Ahmed v HMA 2020 Mr Ahmed was convicted on 5 charges of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner towards young women in the Glasgow area in contravention of Section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 in 2019. Mr Ahmed had made unsolicited comments [...]

PF v CB 2020 CB has had his appeal against conviction quashed after being found guilty of threating at abusive behaviour and of assault at the Sheriff Court. The appeal related to the assault charge. The appeal took place at the Sheriff Appeal Court where the appellant questioned the Sheriff’s [...]

HMA v Brandon Douglas 2020 Mr Douglas has had his appeal against convicted refused at the High Court. The appellant was convicted a charge of attempted murder and robbery and one of assault and robbery along with two other men in relation to one charge and one other man in [...]

PETITION OF AB, 2020 AB, a convicted sex offender, has had his Judicial review petition refused at the Outer House at the Court of Session. The man was found guilty of six sexual offences in relation to his stepchildren in 2011.  He sought to challenge the condition that on his [...]

HMA v Weir McKay 2020 The Appeal Court in Edinburgh has quashed a culpable homicide conviction and replaced it with one of assault. Mr McKay was convicted by culpable homicide alongside his co accuse who was convicted of murder. The appellant was sentenced after trial to 14 years.  The appellant [...]

HMA v SI 2020 SI, an appellant, has had his appeal against conviction refused. SI was convicted of assaulting his daughter, who was a baby at the time. The incident took place in 2017. The appellant argued that the injuries to the child could have been caused by someone else. [...]