Tag: Crown office

Mother and son heroin dealers take a £90K hit

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”

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

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

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

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...

Family feud erupts over Vicky Hamilton’s jewellery

THE family of Peter Tobin victim Vicky Hamilton are locked in a bitter feud over her personal belongings. Vicky’s father and sister...

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