Euan A. Dow, Advocate’s Case Law Summaries

Note of appeal against sentence:- On 5 November 2024, at a first diet at the sheriff court, the appellant pled guilty on indictment to three charges:- (1) assaulting a door steward at licensed premises by pushing and kicking him on the body and spitting blood on his face and body to his injury (cha......

Crown appeal against sentence:- After a trial at Edinburgh High Court the appellant was convicted of a charge of murder. Following the obtaining of a Criminal Justice Social Work Report, the trial judge sentenced the respondent to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 13 years. The Crown appe......

Crown appeal against sentence:- On 10 September 2024, at Glasgow High Court, the respondent pled guilty under the accelerated procedure to two charges committed when he was aged 15:- (1) a charge of assault to injury with the use of a knife; and (2) a charge of culpable homicide from a single punch......

Notes of appeal against conviction and sentence:- On 14 December 2023, following a trial at Glasgow High Court, the appellants and Robert O’Brien were convicted of the murder of Caroline Glachan in 1996. All three were sentenced to life imprisonment with O’Brien, as the principal actor, receivi......

Note of Appeal under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- The appellant was indicted to a Preliminary Hearing at Glasgow High Court on seven charges relating to the rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse of various former partners. Charge 7 alleged the rape of LM and inc......

Crown appeal against sentence:- On 14 June 2024, following a trial at Kilmarnock High Court, the respondent was convicted of two charges:- (1) charge 1 - causing his son, LC (aged 4-5), to participate in sexual activity, on an occasion between April 2011 and April 2013; and (2) charge 3 – the rap......

Crown appeal against sentence:- On 9 October 2024 at Glasgow High Court the respondent pled guilty under the accelerated procedure to a contravention of section 28 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, namely, over a 6 week period in 2020 being involved in serious and organised......

Note of Appeal under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- The appellant was indicted to a Preliminary Hearing at Glasgow High Court on 16 November 2022 on 4 charges including a charge of rape of RM at an address in Glasgow on 19 June 2021 (charge 1). The charge alleged that th......

Note of appeal against sentence:- At the high court the appellant pled guilty, under the accelerated procedure, to a charge of culpable homicide by assaulting a bus driver in Elgin by head-butting him and repeatedly punching him on the body, in consequence of which the bus driver collapsed and died......