The man convicted of the murder of Emma Caldwell in 2005 has lost an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary against the length of the punishment part of his life sentence given by the trial judge. Iain Packer was convicted of 33 charges, including sexual assaults on nine additional complainers, on 2
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A rapist who sexually abused young girls over the course of two decades has been jailed. Derek Lamond was found guilty of 10 charges on August 7 following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Twenty-three new King’s Counsel have been appointed by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney. The new King’s Counsel appointees are: Desmond Cheyne, Marie Clark, Colin Edward, Edith Forrest, William Frain-Bell, Scott McAlpine, Ross McClelland, James Mc
Sweden's self-declared "Queen of Trash" is facing the country's biggest-ever environmental crime prosecution. Bella Nilsson, chief executive of now-defunct waste management business NMT Think Pink, is accused along with 11 others of dumping or burying 200,000 tonnes of waste between 2015 and 2020, t
A former Dundee solicitor has been ordered to pay a woman £4,000 in compensation after being struck off earlier this year. Alan Baillie, 66, was ordered to pay Lorraine Ludman in the wake of a case over a land ownership dispute in Argyll.
The High Court of Justiciary has imposed a fresh sentence on a man who fired a shotgun into a property in Glasgow and later threatened a police officer with a gun after the Crown challenged the original sentence as unduly lenient. David Docherty, who had been imprisoned on other charges since 11 Sep
An electrician who admitted secretly filming more than a dozen people in private situations over the course of a decade has been jailed. James Denholm, 34, pleaded guilty to multiple charges including voyeurism and stalking at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on July 22.
The average selling price of property in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £287,488 in June-August 2024, an annual increase of 2.3 per cent, ESPC reports.
The UK government has suspended around 30 out of some 350 arms export licences for military equipment to Israel. A review commissioned by foreign secretary David Lammy is said to have concluded that the items – which include components of "fighter aircraft, helicopters and drones as well as it
A local council in South Korea is offering cash incentives to young people who strike up a relationship following a local matchmaking event. Busan's Saha district office is offering 1 million won (around €675 or £570) to any couples that form after a mass blind-dating event to be hosted b
Members of Brazil's Supreme Court have voted unanimously to uphold a ban on X in the country. The temporary ban had been imposed on Friday after the social media giant refused to comply with local laws.
A second residential rehabilitation service to support women and their children through recovery from addiction and substance use has been opened in Falkirk. The Scottish government has invested £5.5 million to support the development of this Aberlour Childcare Trust facility, as well as a hou
A teenage rapist who attacked four girls over the course of nine months has been given a 10-year extended sentence. Sam Brown was found guilty of seven charges on July 30 following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.
The International Bar Association has called on Mongolia to arrest Vladimir Putin as the Russian president begins a visit to the country. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Mr Putin for the war crimes of unlawful deportation and transfer of children from occ
The English High Court of Justice has struck out an action purporting to bring a representative claim on behalf of passengers of around 116,000 flights with two UK airlines whose flights were cancelled at short notice and who did not receive compensation after determining that the claim was primaril
