Euan A. Dow, Advocate’s Case Law Summaries

Note of appeal against conviction:- On 23 September 2015, at Livingston High Court, the appellant was convicted after trial of a charge of rape contrary to section 1 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. The circumstances of the offence were that the complainer was in bed and the appellant ca......

Note of appeal against conviction:- On 30 June 2014, at Edinburgh High Court, the appellant was convicted after trial of a charge of rape contrary to section 1 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. On 29 July 2014 the appellant was sentenced to 54 months imprisonment. The appellant appealed a......

Note of appeal against conviction:- On 21 April 2015, at Inverness Sheriff Court, the appellant was convicted after trial on indictment of a charge of theft by housebreaking. He was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment. The appellant appealed against his conviction on the grounds that there was insu......

Note of appeal against conviction:- On 18 September 2015, at the High Court of Justiciary, the appellant was convicted after trial of a contravention of section 127(1)(a) of the Communications Act 2003 and a charge of attempted murder of two complainers relating to the willful fire rising of a prop......

Appeal under section 65 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- Here the appellant appealed against the decision of the sheriff on 26 February 2016 to grant the Crown an extension to the 12 month time-bar to 22 April 2016. It was submitted on behalf of the appellant that the sheriff had err......

Note of appeal against sentence:- The appellant pled guilty to a number of sexual offences for which he received 2 concurrent cumulo sentences. Charges 1 and 4 related to installing a covert camera in the bathroom of his home, in order to film the genitals of two different children, charge 5 was a ......

Reference from the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission:- On 11 April 2014, during the course of a trial, the appellant pled guilty to a charge of murder, threatening behaviour and attempting to pervert the course of justice. On 4 June 2014 the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment with......

Appeal under section 74(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- On 24 June 2015, at Glasgow High Court, a judge at the Preliminary Hearing ordered the disclosure of recordings of police and social work Joint Investigative Interviews of the complainers to the respondents’ agents. The Cr......

Appeal under section 194ZB of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- The appellant pled guilty to a contravention of section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, namely, dangerous driving. The appellant was fined £600, discounted from £800 on account of the plea of guilty. He was disqualified fr......