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A man who repeatedly followed or approached lone women in the street before sexually assaulting three victims has been jailed. Jonathan King was convicted at the High Court in Kilmarnock yesterday. He pleaded guilty to eight charges after his victims gave evidence.

A former Police Scotland officer who subjected three former partners to a campaign of controlling, violent and sexual abuse has been jailed. Christopher Ferguson was found guilty of nine charges on June 13 following a trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court.

A man has been jailed for 11 years after trying to murder his lawyer in a knife attack in his office. Muhammad Shoaib, 71, suffered a stab wound to his chest and a wound to his right hand during the violent incident in Glasgow and feared he was about to die.

A violent rapist who began abusing three young children when he was just 12-years-old has been jailed. Alasdair Craig was found guilty of all 11 charges – including rape – on July 3 following a trial at the High Court in Kilmarnock.

A learner driver who caused the death of three teenage passengers by dangerous driving has been sentenced to more than four years' imprisonment. Jake Loy, then 17, was the holder of a provisional driving licence and was not being supervised when he lost control of the black Honda Civic on March 16,

The jailed former office manager of an Edinburgh property firm who embarked on a luxury lifestyle after embezzling company funds has been ordered to pay back more than £211,000. Emma Hunt, 38, who was imprisoned for three years in August last year after a jury found her guilty of fraud and emb

A rapist who sexually abused six young girls and two women over the course of 43 years has been jailed. Michael Conway was found guilty of 14 charges on June 11 following a trial at the High Court in Livingston.

A man caught with a cache of homemade “zip” guns and ammunition in his house has been jailed for five years. The haul was discovered when police, acting on intelligence, carried out a search of Salvatore Lupi’s flat in Glasgow.

A Moray man has been jailed after attempting to murder his former partner during a violent attack. David Cairney admitted assaulting the woman to her severe injury, permanent disfigurement, permanent impairment and to the danger of her life.

Millions of pounds are being wasted on unnecessary court appearances by police officers as it emerged that in one case they were summoned to give evidence against a dead man. The Scottish Police Federation said that 750 officers in northern Scotland have been cited since January, yet only 26 gave ev

A £33 million Scottish government initiative for sharing digital evidence from crime scene to court room is being rolled out across Scotland. Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC) allows police officers, prosecutors, defence lawyers, court staff and judges to access a secure, unified syst

A prolific child sex offender who abused four young boys over a 19-year period has been jailed. Peter McCormick, 66, admitted being engaged in lewd, indecent and libidinous practices towards the children between June 1978 and December 1997.

A man found guilty of raping two women and sexually assaulting a third has had his prison sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Crown. Anthony Plaskett was given a five-year prison term in January 2024, which prosecutors argued was unduly lenient.

A former councillor caught with child sex abuse images has been given a community payback order. A mobile phone belonging to Ewan Dillon was found to contain 58 indecent photographs of girls aged between five and 15.

A paedophile from Fife who recorded videos of himself sexually assaulting a young girl in Thailand has been jailed. Ian Heddle was arrested at Edinburgh Airport on February 19, 2023, as he was attempting to fly back to Asia, where he had been working as a crane operator.