Culpable Homicide

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain has spoken of her "profound hope" that a man's landmark conviction for culpable homicide following his wife's suicide will deepen understanding of domestic abuse in Scotland. Dorothy Bain KC yesterday addressed around 200 people at an event in Parliament Hall organised by

A bill changing the law of culpable homicide by introducing two new offences has been introduced at Holyrood. The bill would create two different statutory kinds of culpable homicide – culpable homicide where death is caused recklessly or by gross negligence.