Crime

Jodie Forster was infamously a victim of stalking when she was a child actor (Picture: Michael Tran)

There's a reason why stalking has been called 'murder in slow motion' Karyn McCluskey

Dramatic moment armed police intercept wanted man's vehicle

Unwitting burglars make BIG mistake...targeting KARATE world champion

Authorities in the UK have intensified efforts to tackle illegal streaming devices such as modified Fire TV sticks and IPTV services

Modified Fire TV Stick users warned this is how police detect them

Drug dealer lobs bin bag of heroin over fence during police raid

Drug dealer throws £10k cocaine over a fence as cops raid home

The BBC and other media need to be careful how they report on people like Andrew Tate (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid)

How BBC is inadvertently helping Tate brothers become more famous Tom Wood

James Dornan MSP

SNP MSP: I was charged with attempted murder as a 15-year-old boy

The arrest of Jason Savage. Chilling footage shows a Muslim convert who dubbed himself 'Lone Wolf' carrying out reconnaissance trips as he plotted terror attacks in Birmingham.

Muslim extremist convert plotted terror attacks in chilling video

Irvine Welsh's new novel Men in Love is released in July. He headlines Paisley Book Festival this month.

‘I’ve always been romantic': Welsh on his new novel Men in Love

General view of Turnberry hotel in South Ayrshire

Police make further arrest after damage to Donald Trump’s golf course

Actor Stephen Graham, who co-wrote Netflix drama Adolescence, stars as Eddie

Why parents, not teenagers, are the ones who need to watch Adolescence Cameron Wyllie

Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in Netflix drama Adolescence

I've seen real-world Adolescence families. Here's what it's like Karyn McCluskey

Charlie Taylor, driving after the crash. A reckless drink driver was caught on his own dash cam crashing his car into a tree after a night of booze - and plotting to falsely report it stolen.

Drink-driver caught on own dashcam plotting fake theft after crash

Eight per cent of people in a new poll 'strongly' support the SNP's policy of releasing prison inmates early to ease overcrowding (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Justice, not a lack of space, should decide when prisoners are freed Scotsman comment

Shotgun found in Mercedes as gunman jailed

'I've never seen a gun in my life': Gunman jailed

Liam Ainslie reached speeds exceeding 130mph in a stolen car during a police chase on the A19.

Fleeing car thief gets outwitted by drone after 130mph police chase

The gang filmed and pictured themselves driving stolen cars and motorbikes.

Watch: £1M keyless car theft gang caught out by own social media brags

We need to normalise the employment of people who have been to prison (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Why I turned away an ex-convict selling cleaning products at my door Karyn McCluskey

The exterior of Barlinnie prison. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Just 10 victims told of SNP's early release of hundreds of prisoners

The pilot scheme was hailed by the Scottish Government as a way of helping victims of rape and serious sexual assault with their recovery. Picture: PA

Exclusive Rape survivors condemn 'shoddy' transcript pilot scheme

One of many floral tributes left at the house in Bushey, Hertfordshire, where Carol Hunt, 61, and two of her daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were murdered by Kyle Clifford (Picture: Jonathan Brady)

Why these horrific murders should make us think about death penalty Tom Wood

Drink driver rams police car after dangerous high speed chase

The scene in Berry Lane, Longridge this morning (Friday, March 14)

Ram-raid thieves smash digger into Co-op and steal cash machine

Police hunt two men after woman sexually assaulted in Scottish town

Police hunt two men after woman sexually assaulted in Scottish town

Thug breaks into pharmacy and drops bag of stolen goods

WATCH: Burglar breaks into pharmacy...then drops bag of stolen goods

Campbell Scott was found dead in a Kenyan forest last month

Kenyan police hunt three men over death of Scot found in sack

A reckless teenager, 17, was forced off his e-bike after a high-speed chase in Blackpool

Reckless yob forced off e-bike after high-speed chase through park

A fire stick

Every area targeted in police crackdown on 'dodgy' firesticks

Alexander McCall Smith

Edinburgh-set female detective novels to be transformed into TV series

Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow

Police seize £523,000 worth of drugs near Rangers’ stadium

Legal plans to protect dogs from theft in Scotland revealed

Police have called for Scottish courts to sit through the night to clear a backlog of cases

Exclusive Demands for 'night courts' to clear Scotland's justice backlog

A prison sentence is not the only punishment for crime (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Political obsession with being 'tough on crime' is making things worse Karyn McCluskey

Edinburgh High Court on the High Street

Justice Denied: The Scotsman's series on criminal justice system woes

'Deeply worrying' rise in violent crime on Scottish rail network

The High Court in Glasgow

Civil servants 'working until midnight' due to court backlogs

Kate Wallace, chief executive of Victim Support Scotland. Picture: Julie Broadfoot

Analysis Kate Wallace - For real change, we must listen to victims of crime

The former employee was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh

Analysis The greatest danger from court backlogs - and the elephant in the room

Police seized £21,000 in cash and approximately £25,000 worth of cannabis during drug raids in Blackpool and St Annes

Watch: Police smash into warehouse using chainsaw as £25k drugs seized

The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association has expressed concern about defence lawyer numebrs. Picture: Duncan McGlynn

Exclusive 'Dire' shortage of defence lawyers impeding justice recovery

Karen Downes says an inquiry is needed into grooming gangs - including in Blackpool

'Living in limbo': Missing teen's mum wants grooming gang inquiry

Victims of rape and other serious sexual offences are asking for their cases to be dropped due to frustrations with delays in the criminal justice system.

Exclusive Rape victims asking to drop cases amid trauma of delays

Justice secretary points to reforms designed to reduce delays and ‘unnecessary’ adjournments

Yvonne Taylor, operational director for Scottish Courts and Tribunals, shows social distance measures in courtroom five at Glasgow Sheriff Court during the Covid-19 pandemic

'Not sustainable' trial delays not just linked to Covid-19 - ex chief

Court cases should not be dropped because the justice system runs out of time (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Justice cannot continue to turn blind eye to scores of alleged crimes Scotsman comment

The Scotsman has a week-long focus on Scotland's jusrtice system

Exclusive The 9,000 criminal cases dropped due to delays in legal 'scandal'

The Scotsman's week-long series is scrutinising pressures in the criminal justice system.

Exclusive Demands for action on court delays as victims wait years for justice

Malcolm Graham, chief executive officer of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. Picture: Stewart Atwood

Progress made on court delays but outlook is challenging Malcolm Graham

'Brazen' shoplifter hides stolen goods in a pushchair

CCTV: Brazen shoplifter crams pushchair with stolen goods in Poundland

Beka Naylor at work. The NHS nurse, from Doncaster, was recovering from cancer treatment at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital when her car was stolen from outside her home. Photo: Beka Naylor/SWNS

Video: Scumbag thief steals car of cancer patient during hospital stay

Andrew and Dawn Searle.

'Financial motive' not ruled out in death of Scot found in French home

Six by Nico

I returned to Six by Nico : the theme was brilliant, the food less so Gaby Soutar

Abdul Kareem, 19, threw machete as he fled police

WATCH: Dealer throws machete before police find crack hidden in pants

Flowers outside Cults Academy in Aberdeen where 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne died after being stabbed in 2015 (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Scotland must get a grip on growing problem of weapons in schools Scotsman comment

Harrowing CCTV shows the final moments of a teenager's life as he fled two thugs who stabbed him in a park in broad daylight.

Harrowing CCTV shows moment stabbed teen flees his killers

Linda Adams plays Mrs Crossley - the Blackpool landlady who helped to get justice for murder victims of serial killer George Smith.

I found a dead bride in my hotel. I proved husband was a serial killer

Axel Rudakubana

Axel Rudakubana sentence revealed for Southport dance class murders

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