Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction:- On 15 March 2012, following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, the appellant was found guilty of the murder of Suzanne Pilley. He was also found guilty of concealing her body in the boot of his car, which he used to transport the body to somewh......
Appeal under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- On 29 November 2011 Lord Uist refused to grant commission and diligence in terms of a petition brought by the appellant for recovery of documents. On 24 February 2012 the appellant appealed against that decision. The appellant ......
Crown Appeal under Section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- In this appeal from the sheriff court the Crown conceded that there had been an unreasonable delay in respect of the bringing to trial of the appellant in relation to two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Sentence:- On 11 June 2012 the accused pled guilty by accelerated procedure under section 76 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 to a contravention of Section 3ZB as amended of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and a contravention of Section 3A(1)(b......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction and Sentence:- On 19 August 2011, at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh, the appellant was convicted of ten charges involving sexual offences against three daughters, two nieces and a daughter-in-law. The main issues in this appeal concerned a ......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction:- The appellant was charged with a breach of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) contrary to section 113(1)(a) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. During the trial, the procurator fiscal and the defence agent entered into a joint minute in which i......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction and Sentence:- The appellant was indicted on two charges of robbery and went to trial on charge 1 after he pled guilty to charge 2. The appellant was convicted by a majority verdict of the remaining charge. The appellant appealed against his conviction and......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction:- On 12 September 2011, at Edinburgh High Court, the appellant was convicted of a charge of rape. The appellant appealed against his conviction. The grounds advanced were in relation to the trial judge's directions on "distress" which had been le......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction:- The appellant was convicted of a charge of rape (under deletion of the word "repeatedly") following a trial at the High Court in May 2009. During the course of the trial the Advocate depute withdrew a charge alleging that the appellant supplied cocaine t......
Criminal Appeal Against Conviction:- The appellant was charged with a breach of the peace by posting a message of a threatening and offensive nature on the Twitter website. The message was "Lawwell needs a bullet. Simples" in reference to Peter Lawwell, the chief executive of Celtic Football Club w......
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