Tag: Crown office

Mother and son heroin dealers take a £90K hit

Scottish News

Peter Laing - December 15, 2011

A MOTHER and son team of heroin dealers who were caught with thousands of pounds of the drug have been ordered to surrender more...

Judge: “Backlog means prisoners walking free”

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 7, 2011

A JUDGE has warned that criminals could be walking free because of a chronic backlog in the justice system. Sheriff Douglas Cusine said Scottish courts...

£50k spent flying Webster witnesses to Scotland

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 4, 2011

PROSECUTORS were forced to spend almost £55,000 flying in witnesses from New Zealand to help convict wife killer Malcolm Webster. Webster’s not guilty plea resulted...

Scottish prosecutors under fire for dropped cases

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - September 23, 2011

By Kevin Duguid ONE in eight reported crimes are being dropped by Scottish prosecutors before they are heard by a judge or jury, new figures...

Man charged in connection with Bannatyne’s shooting to be investigated further

Court & Crime

Christine Lavelle - December 23, 2010

A MAN who was charged in connection with a shooting outside an Edinburgh health club has been released pending further investigation. Robert Kelbie, 27, a...