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A woman who embezzled thousands of pounds from her dementia-stricken mother has been imprisoned for two years and three months. Hayley Matthews, 44, of Edinburgh, embarked on a lavish spending spree after stealing £120,000 from her mother’s bank accounts between September 2019

A drugs courier who smuggled cocaine worth an estimated £1 million into Scotland has been jailed. Police Scotland officers received intelligence that a vehicle was travelling from England with a significant quantity of drugs on board.

A violent rapist has been jailed after assaulting and abusing three women and a child over the course of a decade. Alastair Nicolson was found guilty of a catalogue of offences following a trial at the High Court in Inverness on May 22.

A university student who constructed and sold a cyber-attack programme capable of causing chaos to company and government websites has been jailed for 21 months. Amar Tagore, 21, of Alexandria, Dunbartonshire, earned tens of thousands of pounds from his website which offered buyers a malicious softw

A serial rapist who subjected six women to an extensive campaign of violent, domestic and sexual abuse has been jailed for 10 years. James Kelly was found guilty of 18 charges on June 17 following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. The 43-year-old targeted his victims, including several former

A man who indecently assaulted three people while falsely claiming to be conducting radiation testing after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster has been jailed. John Beaumont pretended to be a Ministry of Defence official when he targeted fellow students at St Andrews University in Fife between 198

A rapist who subjected two former partners to a campaign of violent and controlling abuse has been jailed for seven years. Charles Fyfe Morrison was found guilty of five charges – including three serious sexual assaults – following a trial at the High Court in Paisley.

A violent rapist who defrauded former partners out of more than £210,000 has been jailed. Christopher Harkins targeted single women on dating websites, quickly befriending them and gaining their trust.

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 59-year-old Alexander Salmond. Mr Salmond, an inmate within HMP Glenochil, near Alloa, died on 26 October 2022 after a gradual deterioration in his health.

A man who set fire to two properties while conspiring to set others ablaze has been jailed for three years after his encrypted phone messages revealed his crimes. Lewis Connor, 27, used five jerry cans filled with petrol to substantially damage a house in Dennyloanhead, near Falkirk, which was under

A former local authority employee who embezzled more than £1 million from Aberdeen City Council over a 17-year period has been imprisoned for four years. Michael Paterson, 59, set up an internal pathway which allowed him to fraudulently issue council tax refunds into his own bank account.

A drugs courier who was paid £500 a trip to transport boxes of cannabis from England to Dundee has been jailed for 18 months. Lukas Losinski, 35, was caught with 974g of cannabis with a potential street value of £78,110 when police searched his home.

A man who carried out a campaign of violent and sexual offending lasting more than two decades has been jailed. Brian McGlashan, from Perth, was found guilty of eight charges following a trial at the High Court in Dundee on June 5.

A part-time dog walker has been imprisoned for five months after a dog and its six puppies – four of which had to be put down – were left in squalor in his faeces-ridden flat. One puppy was found to have a broken jaw, and another was suffering from two healing leg fractures where the bon

A former Boys Brigade leader and youth football coach has been jailed after historically abusing seven boys in his care. Craig Menzies targeted his victims at various locations across Scotland between 1986 and 2004. The 55-year-old met four of his victims when he was a unit leader with the 118th Boy