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Ludovico Caminati, left, and Silas Curtis, right, pictured outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Pro-Palestinian protesters who caused £150,000 of damage sentenced

Romanian man Solt Norbert Salat, 27, pictured outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Man caught with hundreds of shocking child abuse images avoids jail

Steven Dyer was found guilty

Rugby team manager sent indecent images to schoolboys while on trip

Crawford Robertson lured the child into chatting to him on the Snapchat app

Man who sent sexual messages to 11-year-old girl avoids jail

Thomas Jason Connell, 27, has been jailed for 42 months and placed on the sex offenders register for life.

Actor and musician who filmed children undressing jailed for 42 months

Callous conman Michael Higgins conned 12 pals into handing over large sums of cash after claiming he could organise cheap rounds of golf at the prestigious St Andrews Old Course in Fife. Higgins, 42, also swindled women he met on dating websites out of cash after claiming he could supply one with cheap Apple products and telling another his sister needed help with vet bills. The crook also managed to convince a pensioner who worked for a loan company into sending him £6000 of her own funds after he claimed he had to go into a private hospital for an operation. Higgins, from Livingston, West Lothian, then spent all the stolen cash on funding his gambling addiction and splashing out on designer clothes. Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told during the sentencing hearing on December 3, that Higgins claimed he had been under the influence of opioid medication for an illness that had affected his decision making. He had previously pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining a total of £18,225 from 15 victims between February 1, 2020 and May 28, 2022. Higgins was jailed for a total of three years, 10 months and 24 days and handed 10 year non-harassment orders banning him from having any contact with victims Fluer Brand and Katie Black.

Eight criminals sentenced in December

Solt Salat, 27, downloaded hundreds of pictures and videos to a mobile phone and a laptop over a four year period.

Man caught during raid with hundreds of child abuse images and videos

Brad Albutt carried out three horror sex attacks on the victim - including two with the sharp implement

Soldier sexually assaulted woman with syringe

Alexanda Laverock pictured, left, after being confronted by Scotland’s Child Protection Team Against Sexual Abuse, and, right, outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Man caught in hunter group sting placed on register

This photo shows Thomas Connell setting up a camera at the time of offending.

Pervert entertainer filmed children with hidden camera in theatres

The incident happened at Dumbryden Gardens in the Wester Hailes area of the city at around 12.45am on Friday, December 6 this year.

Man appears in court accused of attempted murder of police officer

Jessie Rennie made the shocking comments about the school massacre during a live Tik Tok rant.

Tik Tok star threatened to kill children in Dunblane online rant

Abdikadir Adawa Ahmed, 21, pictured outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Drug dealer caught with £90,000 of cannabis at airport avoids jail

Teenager in court accused of headbutting footballer in pub

Eilidh (AKA Jamie) Priest, 26, wearing mask, and Catriona Roberts, 22, pictured outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Activists who smashed Stone of Destiny cabinet sentenced

Nisala Kulatunga, 23, targeted a vulnerable man by befriending him and then setting up a cannabis dealing business from his flat in the Leith area of Edinburgh. The desperate victim repeatedly asked Kulatunga to move out but he refused and carried on selling drugs to users from the property between June and October 2022. The flat was eventually raided by police and when around £15,000 of the Class B drug was found the Sri Lankan drug dealer attempted to pin blame on the homeowner. Kulatunga pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cannabis at an address in Leith, Edinburgh, between June 1 and October 2, 2022, when he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier this year. On November 3, Sheriff Noble sentenced Kulatunga to a community payback order as a direct alternative to a custody where he will have to complete 300 hours of unpaid work, the maximum hours allowed to be imposed.

In pictures: 12 criminals handed sentences in November

Our Edinburgh courts round-up for November includes criminals sentenced for crimes including sexual assault, online stalking and domestic abuse.

Kevin Quinn

Bus driver Alan Boyd, pictured outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Bus driver who knocked over and killed elderly Hearts fan spared jail

Andreas Gkertsos hiding his face outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Online stalker who terrorised woman ordered to pay compensation

Anthony McKnight, 38, made depraved videos of him attacking a young boy

Hotel manager jailed after filming himself abusing sleeping child

Joape Kotobalavu, 29, forced himself on the terrified victim by kissing and licking her on the face after sitting down next to her on the Lothian bus.

Drunk soldier who sexually assaulted 16-year-old girl on bus jailed

The Astons have been ordered to move from their home in Blackadder Crescent in North Berwick, East Lothian

Couple can't enter street they live in as part of bail conditions

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