A pedestrian has died after being hit by a police car in Livingston on Boxing Day. Emergency services were called to reports of a collision involving a marked police car and a man on Almond Link Road in the town at around 10.15pm. The 62-year-old pedestrian was taken by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of […] […]
It was maintained by Calum Steele that the decision to instigate proceedings was incompatible with his right to freedom of expression under the ECHR. In a cross-appeal, the Deputy Chief Constable of Police Scotland challenged the Lord Ordinary’s finding that there was no effective alternative remedy to judicial review available to the petitioner. The appeal […] […]
AS protests began across the UK ahead of COP26, some commentators were quick to brand activists extremists – but the truth is that peaceful protest is one of the most effective ways for ordinary people to claim their rights. Amnesty documents the repression of protest around the world and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts […] […]
POLICE Scotland has spent nearly £20m paying off staff over a period of the past six years. New data shows that at least 36 workers were given golden handshakes of more than £100,000 since 2015. Some £2.5m was handed over to staff taking voluntary redundancy or early retirement in the past two years alone. Public […] […]
A PERVERT cop nailed for sex attacks on young boys bleated about how the case had ruined his life, a court heard. Self-pitying Kevin Reid, 54, targeted one lad over a two-year period from 2018 when the victim was just six. He also preyed on another boy for six years starting in 2008 – and […] […]
THE families of the M9 smash victims have blasted Scotland’s ex-top cop over his involvement in the Sarah Everard tragedy which has plunged the Met Police into chaos. Sir Stephen House quit his Police Scotland post following the deaths of John Yuill, 28, and Lamara Bell, 25, whose car left the M9 near Stirling. The […] […]
Scotland’s new chief prosecutor wrote an explosive report demanding police face charges over the death of Sheku Bayoh. The Sunday Mail can reveal Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain signed off a Victim’s Right to Review (VRR) on behalf of the tragic dad’s family after her predecessor James Wolffe failed to act. The document – penned in […] […]
Claims of a macho culture of bullying and sexism within an elite firearms unit must be investigated, according to the Police Federation. The national police force has been urged to mount an inquiry into the claims at a unit where 15 highly-trained officers, including four women, have left in three years. The Federation, representing rank […] […]
The rebuttal comes after officials at the force refused to tell The Scotsman how many documents were marked as not suitable to be published under FOI legislation, claiming answering the question would cost too much money. Opposition parties have said the revelations raise “serious questions” about how Police Scotland is applying FOI law. In response […] […]
POLICE Scotland has opened a new international academy to help develop other forces around the world at its headquarters in Fife. Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said the role of a police officer should be as a “guardian, not a warrior” as he opened the facility at Tulliallan. The academy follows previous projects Police Scotland has […] […]
Alexander Murphy, 49, went “from Police Constable to tagged criminal” following his actions at a house party in Uddingston. A police officer who sexually assaulted a schoolgirl at a house party in Uddingston has been spared jail. PC Alexander Murphy was slammed by Sheriff Mungo Bovey QC after plying the teen and other underage girls […] […]
An off-duty police officer who left a pensioner a double amputee after hitting her with his car has been fined £1,800. PC Luigi Vezza, 55, struck Alice Sheppard, 78, as she crossed a road in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. She had been walking to visit her son when she was struck by Vezza. The impact sent her over […] […]
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