Copfs

A man who exploited and intimidated vulnerable men and women to allow their homes to be used for a drugs supply network in Aberdeen has been sentenced. Victor Kihu, 24, recruited men from deprived areas in England to sell and supply Class A drugs from several properties in a cross-border county line

A domestic abuser who systematically targeted young women in a campaign of emotional, physical and sexual abuse has been jailed for 14 years.

Trinity High School in Renfrew has won this year’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) schools public speaking competition.

A scaffolder who left two women fearing for lives after repeatedly strangling them during violent attacks has been jailed. Andrew McLaughlin, of Banknock, was found guilty of seven charges, including multiple rapes, following a trial at the High Court in Stirling. 

A Larbert-based pallet-repair company has been fined £172,000 for health and safety failings which left a 22-year-old worker with severe injuries, impairment and permanent disfigurement. James Jones & Sons (Pallets and Packaging) Limited, which operates on the site of the Tesco Distributio

The death of a farmer could have been prevented a fatal accident inquiry has concluded. Gordon Chalmers, 78, of Thriepland Farm, Boyndie, died in hospital on 20 October 2024 after he was trampled by a cow on 18 October 2024. Mr Chalmers had been sorting cows into groups in a shed in preparation for

A prosecutor has warned young people to consider the real-life consequences of arming themselves with a bladed weapon after a teenager was sentenced to life for murder. Laura Buchan, legal director with the Crown Office, warned the carrying of knives is blighting communities and destroying young liv

Six secondary school students will next week battle it out in the final a public speaking event. The pupils are due to go head-to-head for the Crown Office's national schools public speaking competition crown.

A rapist who sexually abused two women and four young girls over the course of 17 years has been jailed indefinitely. Paul Patrick, of Ballater, Aberdeenshire, was found guilty of 19 charges, including multiple rapes and sexual assaults, following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. 

A hitman who backed out of a plot to murder a high-profile gangland figure at the last minute has been sentenced. James Richards, 36, was hired by Glasgow-based gang leader David Nisbet to travel from Liverpool to carry out the shooting of crime rival Ryan Carvil for between £70,000 and £

A man whose home contained more than £2 million worth of controlled drugs has been sentenced. Police officers found the large haul of cocaine and heroin when they searched 44-year-old Paul Clark’s flat in Glasgow in February 2025.

Three men with links to serious organised crime who smuggled counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco worth millions of pounds into Scotland from Europe have been sentenced. Damian Rapacki, 36, Michal Zynda, 40, and Marek Nadzieja, 31, ran the supply-chain operation from a warehouse in Glasgow and a stora

Nathan Sparling, 35, of Glasgow, was head of HIV Scotland when he spent the unauthorised sums on Uber taxis and online transactions during a period of 33 months. Prosecutors from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) showed he used £2,000 from the charity on taxi journeys and

Four men have been imprisoned for their part in violent clashes between Old Firm fans ahead of the 2024 Scottish League Cup final. They have also received football banning orders extending to matches, commercial premises televising matches and journeys to and from grounds for a number of years.

A man who hid a cache of foreign guns and ammunition in a storage unit at a marina has been jailed for seven years and six months.