Former Edinburgh property firm office manager Emma Hunt, 38, who was imprisoned for three years in August last year after a jury found her guilty of fraud and embezzlement, was made subject of a confiscation order at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in August. The order shows Hunt, of Coldstream, is estimated to have benefited from criminal conduct by £925,000 and an order has been made for £211,574,67 to be paid back. During her trial, the court heard Hunt spent thousands on parties, hospitality at sporting events, hotel stays, a five-star Caribbean holiday, cars, and designer goods after stealing money from McLean Properties and fraudulently obtaining money from some of its clients. Former Edinburgh property firm office manager Emma Hunt, 38, who was imprisoned for three years in August last year after a jury found her guilty of fraud and embezzlement, was made subject of a confiscation order at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in August. The order shows Hunt, of Coldstream, is estimated to have benefited from criminal conduct by £925,000 and an order has been made for £211,574,67 to be paid back. During her trial, the court heard Hunt spent thousands on parties, hospitality at sporting events, hotel stays, a five-star Caribbean holiday, cars, and designer goods after stealing money from McLean Properties and fraudulently obtaining money from some of its clients.
Former Edinburgh property firm office manager Emma Hunt, 38, who was imprisoned for three years in August last year after a jury found her guilty of fraud and embezzlement, was made subject of a confiscation order at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in August. The order shows Hunt, of Coldstream, is estimated to have benefited from criminal conduct by £925,000 and an order has been made for £211,574,67 to be paid back. During her trial, the court heard Hunt spent thousands on parties, hospitality at sporting events, hotel stays, a five-star Caribbean holiday, cars, and designer goods after stealing money from McLean Properties and fraudulently obtaining money from some of its clients. | Alexander Lawrie

Edinburgh crime: 11 criminals handed sentences in August at court

Kevin Quinn
By Kevin Quinn

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Published 2nd Sep 2024, 14:26 BST

Edinburgh’s courts handed out sentences in August for crimes including sexual assaults, embezzlement and theft.

A disgraced police officer who escaped custody four years ago for sexually assaulting a man was jailed in August after he molested a family friend during a drunken night out. Roderick Keith, 55, attacked the woman while her husband was upstairs and she was sleeping on a sofa following the night out socialising in Edinburgh.

While, an Edinburgh man was found guilty of sending an offensive social media message to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Andrew Buchan, 58, posted the abusive and threatening message to the prominent Scottish politician stating he should “watch yourself” on Facebook in March 2018. Buchan was fined £300.

And, a bogus taxi Edinburgh driver who raped a woman in his unlicensed vehicle was jailed for seven years in August. Mohamad Sabbagh, 40, drove his victim to a secluded spot, before climbing into the back of the car and raping her while she was intoxicated and incapable of giving or withholding consent.

Sulayman Njie, 33, and Njanko Njie, 24, attacked one of their cousins as they were all leaving the Edinburgh Sheriff Court building in October last year. CCTV footage subsequently showed “both accused assaulting another male” and after officers broke the fight up the two men were arrested and placed in the back of a police van. On August 8, Sheriff John Cook told the brothers, of the city’s Leith area, they would be have been sent to jail if the assault had taken place inside the building instead of in the court yard. Sheriff Cook sentenced the brothers to each carry out 180 hours of unpaid work and ordered the pair to wear an electronic tag and stay within their home between 7pm and 7am for the next 80 days.

5. Brothers attacked cousin at court

Sulayman Njie, 33, and Njanko Njie, 24, attacked one of their cousins as they were all leaving the Edinburgh Sheriff Court building in October last year. CCTV footage subsequently showed “both accused assaulting another male” and after officers broke the fight up the two men were arrested and placed in the back of a police van. On August 8, Sheriff John Cook told the brothers, of the city’s Leith area, they would be have been sent to jail if the assault had taken place inside the building instead of in the court yard. Sheriff Cook sentenced the brothers to each carry out 180 hours of unpaid work and ordered the pair to wear an electronic tag and stay within their home between 7pm and 7am for the next 80 days. | Alexander Lawrie

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A man was jailed last month for more than nine years for violent and sexual offences against women in the Edinburgh and Midlothian areas. Jamie Wilson, 34, was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday, June 27 of the offences between 2015 and 2022. He was sentenced on Friday, August 30, at the same court to nine and a half years in prison and placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely. Speaking about this case, Detective Inspector Keith Taylor from Police Scotland said: “Wilson now faces the consequences of a campaign of violent and sexual attacks on women spanning a significant period of time. "

6. Jailed for sexual assaults

A man was jailed last month for more than nine years for violent and sexual offences against women in the Edinburgh and Midlothian areas. Jamie Wilson, 34, was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday, June 27 of the offences between 2015 and 2022. He was sentenced on Friday, August 30, at the same court to nine and a half years in prison and placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely. Speaking about this case, Detective Inspector Keith Taylor from Police Scotland said: “Wilson now faces the consequences of a campaign of violent and sexual attacks on women spanning a significant period of time. " | Police Scotland/ National World

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Andrew Buchan, 58, posted abusive and threatening message to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar stating he should “watch yourself” on Facebook in March 2018. Mr Sarwar was forced to appear in the witness box to give evidence at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday after Buchan pleaded not guilty to the offence. But following all the evidence Buchan was found guilty on August 9 of a charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and sending threatening messages via social media to Anas Sarwar between March 29 and 31, 2018. An allegation the messages were racially and religiously aggravated was deleted from the charge. Buchan was also found guilty of a separate offence of shouting, swearing and threatening to kill a woman at a shop at Newkirkgate in Edinburgh on September 1, 2018. Sheriff Matthew Auchincloss issued a fine of £300 to mark the offence involving the Scottish Labour leader and a further fine of £400 as punishment for the second offence.

7. Threatening messages sent to Scottish Labour leader

Andrew Buchan, 58, posted abusive and threatening message to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar stating he should “watch yourself” on Facebook in March 2018. Mr Sarwar was forced to appear in the witness box to give evidence at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday after Buchan pleaded not guilty to the offence. But following all the evidence Buchan was found guilty on August 9 of a charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and sending threatening messages via social media to Anas Sarwar between March 29 and 31, 2018. An allegation the messages were racially and religiously aggravated was deleted from the charge. Buchan was also found guilty of a separate offence of shouting, swearing and threatening to kill a woman at a shop at Newkirkgate in Edinburgh on September 1, 2018. Sheriff Matthew Auchincloss issued a fine of £300 to mark the offence involving the Scottish Labour leader and a further fine of £400 as punishment for the second offence. | Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

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A disgraced police officer who escaped custody four years ago for sexually assaulting a man has now been jailed after he molested a family friend during a drunken night out. Roderick Keith, 55, attacked the woman while her husband was upstairs and she was sleeping on a sofa following the night out socialising in Edinburgh. The former firearms officer sneaked out of the bed he was sharing with his own wife before putting his hand down the victim’s underwear and penetrating her with his fingers. The disgusted woman later told her husband what had happened to her and Keith and his wife were thrown out of the couple’s home in Edinburgh in August 2022. On Friday, August 16, Sheriff Charles Walls told the former officer he had committed “a clear breach of trust” and his latest attack has had “an awful effect” on the woman. Keith was jailed for 61 weeks and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

8. Disgraced police officer jailed

A disgraced police officer who escaped custody four years ago for sexually assaulting a man has now been jailed after he molested a family friend during a drunken night out. Roderick Keith, 55, attacked the woman while her husband was upstairs and she was sleeping on a sofa following the night out socialising in Edinburgh. The former firearms officer sneaked out of the bed he was sharing with his own wife before putting his hand down the victim’s underwear and penetrating her with his fingers. The disgusted woman later told her husband what had happened to her and Keith and his wife were thrown out of the couple’s home in Edinburgh in August 2022. On Friday, August 16, Sheriff Charles Walls told the former officer he had committed “a clear breach of trust” and his latest attack has had “an awful effect” on the woman. Keith was jailed for 61 weeks and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years. | Stock Photo: Third Party

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