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A rapist who attacked a sleeping woman before later confessing during a YouTube interview has been jailed for six years. Craig Strachan was found guilty on 2 July 2024 following a trial at the High Court in Livingston. The 33-year-old, who worked as a DJ, targeted the victim at an address in Edinbur
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Being anti-Zionist qualifies as a philosophical belief and a protected characteristic under section 10 of the Equality Act, an employment tribunal has found. It was ruled in February that Professor David Miller was unfairly discriminated against when he was dismissed by the University of Brist
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Legislative changes mean UK security services including MI5 and MI6 must now obtain independent authorisation before accessing journalists' data collected through bulk surveillance techniques. The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024, which came into force yesterday, requires the investigatory
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The World Conker Championships is investigating an allegation of cheating after a contestant was found to have a steel chestnut. The men's winner at the annual competition in Northamptonshire was searched by organisers after his rival cried foul play, The Telegraph reports.
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A man was jailed for six-and-a-half years yesterday after he made a gun using a 3D printer. Jack Robinson, 20, from Portsmouth, pleaded guilty to various offences at Winchester Crown Court on 10 May 2024.
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A new video commissioned by the Scottish Sentencing Council offers insights into prison sentencing in Scotland. The short film features people who have knowledge of the prison system from a variety of perspectives, and opens with the powerful story of victims expert and council member, Lynn Burns, t
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The Sheriff Appeal Court has reduced an interim order granted by a Glasgow sheriff giving a woman a right of occupancy in her former cohabitant’s property even though the order was granted nearly a year after they ceased cohabiting. Pursuer Marianne McBride originally obtained an interlocutor
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The UK's immigration system is a “public mental health concern” that harms asylum seekers, according to psychiatrists. A new report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) highlights how the UK government has the opportunity to reform the immigration system for "sanctuary seeke
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its response to the Scottish government’s consultation on the Scottish Law Commission report on review of contract law. The response highlights the changes to the landscape around contract law as a result of the DMCC Act 2024 granting n
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An American police official has been criticised after summoning officers because Burger King bungled his order. Sheriff Craig Owens Sr, who heads the force in Cobb County, Georgia, has been accused of an "abuse of power" after officers raced to his aid at the fast food restaurant.
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The Upper Tribunal has refused a student who rented a room from an unregistered landlord permission to appeal against her eviction after determining that no legitimate ground of appeal had been raised. Trinity Patel rented a room from Mark Stubbs until she was evicted to allow the landlord to sell t
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The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of AB to the High Court of Justiciary for determination. In November 2021, the applicant pled guilty to a charge of contravening section 4(3)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The applicant was sentenced to 50 months’ impris
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A man linked to serious organised crime has been jailed for four years and four months after his involvement in drug deals worth hundreds of thousands of pounds was exposed. Martin Murphy, 45, used three handles on the EncroChat communications platform favoured by serious and organised crimina
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Scottish Lesbians, joined by The Lesbian Project, LGB Alliance and members of Lesbian Labour, have been granted permission to submit a written intervention in the forthcoming Supreme Court appeal brought by For Women Scotland on the Gender Recognition Act and its interplay with the Equality Act.&nb
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A man convicted of possessing and selling wild peregrine falcon chicks for large sums of money has agreed to pay back more than £27,000 in a proceeds of crime confiscation action. Lewis Hall, 24, was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work over 15 months and banned from possessing or hav
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