A thief has had his Christmas wish granted after he asked a sheriff to put him in jail over the festive period. Gordon Wilson, 40, asked to be locked up over Christmas after he deliberately stole food from a supermarket in the hopes of being arrested.
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England: Youth and beauty-obsessed woman who failed in suicide attempt has right to refuse treatment
A woman obsessed with beauty and youth who feared getting old has been told she can refuse medical treatment meant to keep her alive The Times reports. The 50-year-old mother, C, who was married four times and had various lovers overdosed on painkillers washed down with champagne the Court of Protec
A woman whose father suffered from a hereditary brain disease is suing his doctors for failing to inform her before she gave birth to her daughter. Ms M found out she has the same Huntington's gene as her father and that her child, now five, has a 50 per cent chance of inheriting the incurable degen
A Scottish man jailed in the US for three decades is awaiting a decision that could set him free or see him retried and sentenced to death in a landmark case that may result in the erosion of protections afforded by the sixth and 14th amendments of the Constitution. Tom Richey was jailed in 1987 age
The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 7th October and is designed to make significant changes to the regulation of private lets. ESPC lettings manager Orlaith Brogan explained the changes that could affect both tenants and landlord once the act
Transparency campaigners have called plans to exclude phone calls, emails and letters from proposed lobbying laws “ludicrous” and “a travesty”. The laws would only require that face-to-face contact with MSPs and ministers be declared on a new register, with all other forms of communication l
The House of Commons has passed the Scotland Bill amid criticism from it has not delivered on the Smith Commission proposals. It will now be passed to the House of Lords for consideration and will need approval in the Scottish Parliament before being given royal assent in spring next year – before
Police Scotland are getting five requests a day under a domestic abuse law that gives worried individuals information on the potentially-abusive pasts of their partners. Clare's law was rolled out at the beginning of October and saw 109 disclosure requests between 1 and 21 October.
The Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Child Welfare Reporters) 2015 (SSI 312/2015) have come into force, bringing changes to both Court of Session and Sheriff Court procedure. The rules of the Court of Session and Sheriff Court have been am
It is estimated that defunct law firm McClure Naismith could have owed creditors more than £5 million. The Glasgow-based firm went into administration in August but about 80 jobs were saved with partners and staff moving to rivals including Burness Paull,Maclay Murray & Spens, Harper Macleod an
Police Scotland has warned the Home Affairs Select Committee the use of legal highs is putting officers in “challenging and dangerous situations” and that they are “burdening already stretched resources”. The single force made the statements in a submission to a consultation being undertaken
Plans to wipe driving offences after a year will result in safe motorists being handed higher insurance premiums insurers have warned. A number of insurers have said the Scottish government's plans for a fairer rehabilitation scheme for offenders will mean they cannot identify dangerous drivers and
Prosecutors are being asked to justify a multi-million pound investigation into newspapers after the last two journalists brought to trial in Operation Elveden were cleared. Chris Pharo, 46, news editor at The Sun as well as Jamie Pyatt, 52, a reporter, were acquitted at the Old Bailey of paying a p
Data protection legislation of a member state may be applied to a foreign company which exercises in that state, through stable arrangements, a real and effective activity the European Court of Justice has ruled. The Data Protection Directive provides that each member state is to designate one or mo
Families in the Highlands are stealing food to feed themselves, a senior police officer has said as official new figures show a sharp rise in food theft. Chief superintendent Julian Innes, Police Scotland’s divisional commander for the Highlands and Islands, said shoplifting had "seen a spike this
