Tag: Procurator Fiscal
Professional shoplifters targeted under Proceeds of Crime Act
The Solicitor General Lesley Thomson QC today revealed Serious Organised criminals are involved in professional shoplifting on an industrial scale and set out the measures the Crown Office is taking to outsmart them.Specialist prosecutors...
Longer sentences to be piloted for housebreaking
The crime of housebreaking can have a profound effect on those who have had their homes broken into by a stranger. Unfortunately The Edinburgh Reporter knows all about this from personal experience, and it...
New Fiscal announced for Edinburgh & Haddington
The Lord Advocate, the Right Honourable Elish Angiolini QC, announced the appointment of the new District Procurator Fiscal for Edinburgh and Haddington this month.Stephen McGowan, who is currently District Procurator Fiscal in Aberdeen and...
