Tag: justice

Scottish Government would ‘fully co-operate’ with Megrahi-backed inquiry

Deadline News Journalist - August 31, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond UNDER-fire Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill yesterday declared that the Scottish Government would be “relaxed” about any full inquiry launched into the Lockerbie...

Locked up: Historic Scottish court throws away the key

Deadline News Journalist - August 27, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie AFTER serving the Scottish justice system for almost 150 years, the doors finally slammed shut on criminal cases at Linlithgow Sheriff Court...

Scotland’s crime-ridden train network

Deadline News Journalist - August 14, 2009

By Cara Sulieman SCOTLAND’S sprawling network of trains and stations are being plagued by drug dealers, drunkards and sex attackers, shock new figures reveal. Hard pressed...

Six thousand suspected criminals on the run in Scotland

Deadline News Journalist - June 26, 2009

By Cara Sulieman JUSTICE Secretary Kenny Mackaskill was yesterday accused of “losing grip” on crime after it was revealed almost 6,000 suspected criminals are on...

Schoolchildren design new fruit salad for M&S

Deadline News Journalist - June 8, 2009

By Cara Sulieman IT’S not just a salad…it’s a salad designed by a group of schoolchildren from Bo’ness that will be hitting the shelves of...

Scottish Courts witness bill tops £100,000 a year

Shaun Milne - April 30, 2009

by CARA SULIEMAN SCOTLAND'S courts service is paying out around £100,000 a year bringing witnesses to court from outside Scotland. In the last five years, £448,166.53...

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