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A member of an organised crime gang who helped arrange the murder of a Dutch journalist has been jailed for life. Christopher Hughes, 33, was with Martin Kok, 49, when he was shot and killed outside the Boccaccio Club in Laren, Holland on 8 December 2016. He had alerted others to Mr Kok’s loca

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The Crown Office has begun an investigation into claims that perjury was committed during the trial of Alex Salmond. Mr Salmond's lawyers have written to prosecutors over concerns that evidence that was given in court ran contrary to statements that were later given to MSPs on an inquiry.

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A man who knocked a cyclist off his bike on a rural Fife road and killed him has been jailed for more than two years. Adam Fernie, 80, failed to see Iain Anderson, 66, cycling on the B937 near Ladybank in Fife and hit him with his truck. The collision smashed the windscreen of the Nissan Cabstar and

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An Edinburgh man who sexually abused three children over two decades has been jailed for six years. William King was convicted of three charges against two girls and a boy at the High Court in Stirling last month.

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There will be no fatal accident inquiry into the death of a 34-year-old woman at an Edinburgh hospital in December 2018. Amanda Cox is believed to have collapsed in a stairwell at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary while looking for painkillers days after having given birth.

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The Crown Office has backed a memorandum of co-operation over "crimes of the gravest concern to the entire international community" made between the offices of the UK Attorney General and the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.  The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, expressed her support for the

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Two of the men involved in the murder of a man who was shot in the head as he sat in a car at traffic lights have been given court orders designed to prevent their involvement in serious organised crime. Kenny Reilly, 29, was shot in Maryhill, Glasgow, on 16 April 2018 and died two days later.

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A couple who murdered a vulnerable woman and continued to claim her benefits have been ordered to pay back the profits of the crime. Edward Cairney, 80, and Avril Jones, 61, were found guilty of murdering Margaret Fleming sometime between December 1999 and January 2000. They were supposed to be cari

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A driver who hit and killed a pedestrian while fleeing police has been jailed for eight years. Shaun Rimmer was speeding along Great Northern Road in Aberdeen on 16 August 2021 when he hit Simon Musabayana before driving off.

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A man has been jailed for over eight years after leaving a potentially explosive device in a city park. Members of the public found the bomb inside a cardboard box which had been left in a shelter in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh on 11 January 2018.

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Four men have been jailed for a total of 22 years after £10 million worth of cocaine was found concealed inside a van in Glasgow. Ellis Hardy, Wayne Smith, James Davidson and David Mullarkey all previously pled guilty and were sentenced on Tuesday.

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The trustees of a Kilmarnock leisure centre have been fined after a six-year-old girl nearly drowned in a swimming pool. At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, the trustees of the Kilmarnock Leisure Centre Trust admitted failings under health and safety at work legislation and was fined £10,000.

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A Glasgow man who illegally dumped asbestos on private land has been fined. Iain McGuiness, who owned a building maintenance company at the time, drove a van containing the waste to a site in the city’s London Road on 24 October 2019.

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Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC has appointed Ashley Edwards QC as principal crown counsel, in which capacity she will lead the advocate depute team in the prosecution of serious crime. Ms Edwards, who succeeds the late Stephen O'Rourke QC, will report directly to Ms Bain and Solicitor General for Sco

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