Euan A. Dow, Advocate’s Case Law Summaries

Note of appeal against sentence:- On 29 November 2019, at Edinburgh High Court, the appellants were all convicted after trial of a charge of murder. In addition, the second appellant was also found guilty of a number of assaults to injury in Edinburgh. The appellants were sentenced to be detained f......

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission Referral:- On 2 August 2017, at Edinburgh High Court, the appellant pled guilty by accelerated procedure under section 76 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 to a charge of fraud involving him forming a fraudulent scheme whilst employed as an IT o......

Note of appeal against conviction:- On 31 October 2019, following a trial at Glasgow High Court, the appellant was convicted of the rape of his step-daughter, RM, on various occasions between 1988 and 1992 when the complainer was aged 16-19 years and the appellant was aged 28-31 years. The appellan......

Appeal under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- The appellant was indicted in relation to various sexual offences perpetrated against A between 2009 and 2014 including inter alia charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour and three charges of rape. The appellant lodged a speci......

Note of appeal against conviction and sentence:- The appellant was convicted after trial at Glasgow High Court of two charges of sexual conduct against two complainers with a period of 12 years and 8 months separating the conduct relative to each charge. At the close of the Crown case a ‘no case ......

Note of appeal against sentence:- On 9 March 2020, following a trial at Glasgow High Court, the appellant was found guilty of three charges:- (a) assaulting his partner in May 2019 in Brechin (charge 7); (b) behaving in an abusive or threatening manner towards his partner in a pub in Brechin on 9 J......

Note of appeal against conviction:- The appellant was indicted, proceeded to trial and was convicted at the High Court of inter alia a charge of rape (charge 22). During the trial objection was taken on behalf of the appellant to the Crown leading evidence from two witnesses about the complainer te......

Note of appeal against conviction:- In November 2019 the appellant was convicted after trial on indictment at the sheriff court of two contraventions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982:- (1) the taking or permitting to be taken of indecent photographs of children contrary to section 52(1)(......

Note of appeal against conviction and sentence:- In September 2019, following a trial on indictment at Glasgow Sheriff Court, the appellant was convicted of 5 charges of behaving in  a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm by m......