Euan A. Dow, Advocate’s Case Law Summaries

Crown appeal against sentence:- On 8 November 2024, at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, the appellant pled guilty under the accelerated procedure to three charges:- (1) a contravention of section 57 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (charge 2); (2) a charge of assault and robbery with the use of a......

Note of appeal against conviction:- Following a trial at the High Court, the appellant and his co-accused, Marion Hawkins, were convicted after trial of attempted murder and robbery. The appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years. The issue in the trial was identification, there being no ......

Note of appeal against sentence:- The appellant, aged 17, pled guilty to a charge of murder (the appellant was aged 16 at the time of the offence). He was sentenced to detention without limit of time with a punishment part of 18 years selected. The appellant appealed against the sentence imposed it......

Note of appeal against conviction:- On 22 April 2024 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, following a trial on indictment, the appellant was convicted of a charge of sexual assault contrary to section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. He was acquitted of charge 1 a charge of sexual assault by pen......

Application under section 107(8) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- On 22 April 2024 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, following a trial on indictment, the appellant was convicted of a charge of sexual assault contrary to section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. The appellant app......

Note of appeal against conviction:- On 1 May 2024, following a trial on indictment at Glasgow Sheriff Court, the appellant was convicted by the jury of two charges:- (a) a charge of indecent assault committed on various occasions between July 1992 and July 1995 (charge 2); and (b) a breach of the p......

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......