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Pair Found Guilty For Human Trafficking

HMA v McPhee and Miller Two men who were found guilty of human trafficking offences have been ordered to pay compensation to the complainers. Mr McPhee and Mr Miller were convicted of violent offences at the High Court. The two men in a Proceeds of Crime action have been ordered [...]

2020-02-28T12:02:34+00:0028 February 2020|

Appeal Against Sentence Refused

HMA v David Dudgeon 2020 Mr Dudgeon who appealed against his custodial sentence has had his appeal refused. The appellant argued that his sentence of two years imprisonment, reduced from three years as he pled guilty at an early stage, was excessive. However, the High Court did not agree with [...]

2020-02-10T06:48:25+00:0010 February 2020|

Fraud Sentence Quashed on Appeal

HMA v Thandiwe Matiliti 2019 Ms Matikiti has successfully appealed against a 14 month prison sentence. The appellant pled guilty you fraud after claiming £23,000 in student funding after she told agencies she had indefinite leave to remain in the UK when this was not the case. The High Court [...]

2020-02-08T11:55:20+00:008 February 2020|

Crown’s Attempt To Rely On Previous Charges Refused

HMA v Laurence Ogilvie 2020 Mr Ogilvie has successfully fought against the Crown’s attempt to lead evidence in his summary matter where he was charged with a statutory breach of the peace that he had previously assaulted one of the complainers. The Sheriff ruled that any such attempt would be [...]

2020-02-07T06:15:56+00:007 February 2020|

Appeal Against Conviction Refused

HMA v Ronnie McCafferty 2020 Mr McCafferty has had his appeal against conviction refused after claiming the Judge’s decision to allow the Crown to amend one of the charges had caused him prejudice. Mr McCafferty received a ten year prison sentence after being found guilty of four charges two against [...]

2020-02-04T13:06:16+00:004 February 2020|

Excessive Sentence Reduced on Appeal

HMA v Alexander McKindlay 2019 Mr McKindlay has successfully appealed against his sentence with the imprisonment term being reduced to 18 months from 3 years. Mr McKindlay was found guilty of failing to appear at a preliminary hearing at the High Court in Glasgow due to the fact that he [...]

2020-02-04T13:00:17+00:004 February 2020|

Sentences Reduced on Appeal

HMA v Aaron Thomson, Dean Riding and Jayson Dobbs 2019 Mr Riding and Mr Thomson have had their sentences reduced after Mr Riding was sentenced originally to eight years imprisonment and Mr Riding ten years. The High Court of Judiciary has reduced their sentences to five and six years respectively. [...]

2020-01-14T07:23:16+00:0014 January 2020|

Sentence Reduced Due To Error

HMA v Andrew McCaw 2019 Mr McCaw has successfully appealed against his sentence due to an error in the way the sentence was imposed. In May 2019 Mr McCaw pled guilty to a charge at Glasgow’s High Court that read “on 23 November 2018 … you did assault [MC], then [...]

2020-01-12T05:28:12+00:0012 January 2020|

“Material Misdirection” Appeal Upheld

HMA v Piotr Rysmanowski 2019 Mr Rysmanowski has had his appeal against sentence upheld after the Appeal Judges at the High Court in Edinburgh confirm there has been a ‘material misdirection’ by the trial sheriff. The appellant was convicted at Dumfries Sheriff Court of three instances that were libelled in [...]

2019-12-27T10:41:29+00:0027 December 2019|

Finding of Facts Appeal Dismissed

HMA v ASG 2019 ASG, an appellant, has his appeal against a finding of facts, that took place in July 2019, that found he committed the offence of death by dangerous driving dismissed at the High Court in Edinburgh. ASG was found unfit to stand trial due to suffering from [...]

2019-12-19T05:50:54+00:0019 December 2019|
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