Scotland - Crime in the News

• Millions of pounds of cannabis grown

  Up to £100million of cannabis is being grown in Scotland every year, which is more than the Scottish vegetable crop. [3 November 2009]

• Children saved from paedophiles

  Five children being kept by paedophiles, who broadcast daily child abuse via the internet, have been rescued by police. [2 September 2009]

• Teenager killed by convicted Renfrewshire sex attacker

  A 62-year-old man who killed a teenager after drugging, gagging and raping her has already been convicted of killing another teenager. [24 June 2009]

• Expert warns Scotland's prisons are overcrowded and that sex offenders are inadequately prepared for release

  In a new report, Scotland's chief prison inspector has admited that despite £120m being pumped into the system, prisons remain overcrowded. Andrew McLellan also warns that there is little evidence that sex offender programmes are effective. [11 June 2009]

• Driver accused of fashion designer's death

  Dangerous driving led to a fatal crash in Inverness. [31 March 2009]

• Hardline Scottish knife policy a success

  The Solicitor General of Scotland has announced that their tough policy on knives has resulted in more than 600 arrests. [2 March 2009]

• 15-million pound fraudster jailed

  Manjit Singh from Glasgow was jailed for four years yesterday for his part in a £15 million money laundering scheme. [27 February 2009]

• Employee steals £1 million

  A compulsive gambler embezzled the money over three years from a firm in Inverness. [4 February 2009]

• Cocaine seizures rise

  The Northern Constabulary force has seen their area take the lead for illegal drug seizures in Scotland. [3 February 2009]

• Father jailed for raping daughters

  A 72-year-old has been jailed for 14 years for the abuse of his three daughters. [20 January 2009]

• Sword killer gets life

  A man who murdered a father with a sword after a row at a party in Glasgow has been jailed for life. [5 January 2009]

• Prostitution forced into Aberdeen

  Prostitution in Aberdeen has spread into the city centre after a tolerance zone was abandoned because of a change in the law.[18 November 2008]

• Child abuse man jailed

  A Scottish charity worker who ran a home for orphans in Albania has been jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of sexually abusing children. [20 November 2008]

• Man guilty of raping young sisters

  A 56-year-old man has been found guilty of raping two young sisters in Glasgow during the 1990s.[4 November 2008]

• Father jailed for double murder

  A man from Fife who murdered two of his children in their bedrooms has been sent to prison for a minumum of 17 years. [6 October 2008]

• Crime in Scotland at a low

  Official figures for crime in Scotland have reached one of the lowest levels in 25 years. [1 October 2008]

• Crimestoppers launches anonymous service in Scottish prisons

  For the first time, Scottish prisoners will be able to call the charity Crimestoppers with information about crime in complete anonymity. [23 September 2008]

• Taxi shooting in Edinburgh

  Police have launched an investigation after a gun was fired at a taxi in Edinburgh. [15 September 2008]

• Man in court over schoolgirl murder

  A man has appeared in court in Edinburgh accused of murdering missing schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton. [1 September 2008]

• Missing paedophile arrested in France

  A Scottish paedophile has been found in France after his details were posted on Crimestoppers' Most Wanted website. [21 August 2008]

• Shoe fetish man added to sex offenders register

  A man with a shoe fetish who tore a high heel from a teenager's foot has been electronically tagged and placed on the sex offenders register.[20 August 2008]

• Murder plea to public

  Police investigating the murder of an Aberdeen man are appealing to the public for information. [5 August 2008]

• Bowling to beat crime

  Throughout the month of July, Crimestoppers teamed up with the Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association (TBPA) to promote the charity through a ‘111' competition. [5 August 2008]

• Thanks a Million!

  Crimestoppers has received its one millionth actionable call at its 24:7 call centre. The call was about a knife crime. [29 July 2008]

• Youths sought after warehouse fire

  An investigation has begun after a warehouse blaze in Glasgow's Hillington industrial estate. [21 July 2008]

• Missing paedophile linked to France

  An on-the-run paedophile from Perth has travelled to France and may still be there. [8 July 2008]

• Shadow CS anti-gun and knife week continues

  Following the recent high profile reports of gun and knife crime among young people in the media, Crimestoppers' youth website www.shadowcs.co.uk for 11-16 year olds is running an anti-gun and knife week this week. [1 July 2008]

• CCTV image of murder victim released

  Detectives have released CCTV footage taken of Moira Jones on the last day she was seen alive. [11 June 2008]

• Man jailed for racist attack

  Graham Hislen made an unprovoked racist attack on a Polish waiter, and will now serve 19 months. [3 June 2008]

• New government strategy to conquer drug problems

  The Scottish Government has a new strategy in the fight against the country's drug problems. [29 May 2008]

• Growing heroin problem in Dundee

  In recent years heroin has become significantly easier to get hold of in Dundee, according to a senior police officer. [22 May 2008]

• Convicted killer appeal ruling

  Convicted killer Luke Mitchell, who was found guilty of murdering his 14-year old girlfriend in 2003, has had his appeal to to clear his name rejected. [16th May 2008]

• Gangmaster's license revoked

  A gangmaster who supplied workers for a flower picking business in Cornwall has had his licence revoked following claims of low pay and poor living conditions. [9th May 2008]

• Teenager sentenced for knife attack and robbery

  An 18-year-old was sentenced to serve nine years after stabbing a cancer patient and robbing a school boy. [8th May 2008]

• Homemade bomb student detained in hospital

  A chemistry student who set-off homemade bombs outside a Glasgow nightclub to get back at his ex-girlfriend has been ordered to stay in hospital. [24th April 2008]

• Scottish teenagers in fear of crime

  NCH Scotland has found that a large proportion of young people in Scotland are living in fear of crime. [17th April 2008]

• Crash lorry driver jailed

  A lorry driver who killed a pensioner after falling asleep at the wheel has been jailed for more than four years. [11th April 2008]

• Baby murderer jailed

  A man from Glasgow has been jailed for six years for shaking his nine-month old baby daughter to death. [27th March 2008]

• Life in prison for prostitute killer

  The murderer of a Glasgow prostitute has been detained in a high-security psychiatric hospital after stabbing his victim to death. [27th March 2008]

• Men caught with pirated CDs ordered to pay £400,000

  Two men caught by Stranraer port police with thousands of illegal CDs, have been ordered to pay £400,000 under the proceeds of crime act. [12th March 2008]

• Breach of data affects thousands

  BBC Scotland's Investigations Unit has uncovered personal data breaches affecting thousands of people. [12th March 2008]

• Two men murder over rape allegation

  A man and his step-son have been jailed for ten years each for murdering a man who they believed had raped a teenager. [28th February 2008]

• Eighty men charged for kerb crawling

  Since a new law was passed in October, eighty men have been charged for kerb-crawling in Glasgow's red-light district. [28th February 2008]

• Fewer mothers should be sent to jail

  A report has found that thousands of Scottish children have been bullied because one of their parents was in prison. [7th February 2008]

• Alcohol misuse is leading to crime among young people

  Scottish hospitals treated over 40,000 people with alcohol-related conditions last year and the number of under-15s who needed hospital care for alcohol-related problems rose by 10%. [31st January 2008]

• Asbo family ban in South Kessock

  A landmark ASBO case in Scotland may see four brothers, who have been accused of repeated acts of anti-social behaviour, banned from large parts of South Kessock for three years. [29th January 2008]

• Men arrested for head on beach

  Two Lithuanian men have been arrested in connection with the death of 35-year old Jolanta Bledaite, whose head and hands that were found on a Scottish beach. [4th April 2008]

• Knife murderer gets life

  A man who stabbed his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend to death in the street in Glasgow has been sentenced to at least 12 years in prison. [14 April 2009]

• Hunt for missing sex offender

  Police are looking for a convicted sex offender who has gone missing while on probation. [28 July 2009]

• Three-year-old questioned by police

  A three-year-old boy has been questioned by police over a complaint of vandalism. [21 September 2009]