High Court

Stephen Doohan has been jailed.

Man who secretly gave pregnant woman abortion drug jailed for 10 years

6 men convicted following series of organised crime incidents

Man who ran over wife in murder bid handed longer jail term

Riley Kirk has been jailed

Man who carried out 'abhorrent' sex attacks jailed for 8 years

O'Brien and Laidlaw were sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh. Picture: Ian Georgeson/National World

Extra time in jail for man who violently raped woman in her home

Ardit Mazrreku, 27 was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison in relation to drugs offences in Edinburgh

Man jailed after £165,000 worth of drugs seized in house raid

The High Court in Edinburgh

Man jailed after dragging teenage girl into woods and raping her

Scullion LAW's Head of Road Traffic and Criminal Law Kris Buchanan and Solicitor Advocate Darren Fleming (L-R).

Scullion LAW expands elite defence team to better serve Edinburgh clients

Washe Manyatelo, 24, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh, on Wednesday, April 30

Driver who killed pedestrian while speeding in car is jailed

Bailey Dowling has been found guilty of the murder of Lewis McCartney

Knifeman found guilty of murdering teenager in city centre attack

Drug traffickers who ran massive Valium operation jailed

Gavin Green, 31, has been jailed for seven years

'Dangerous predator' jailed after sexual offences against women

Man, 25, convicted of murder and attempted murder

Edinburgh High Court on the High Street

Army officer who raped woman after meeting on dating app jailed

Wayne Phillipson travelled from Durham to West Lothian, where he raped a child

Man who travelled hours to rape child in wood jailed for seven years

Man jailed for eight years for attempted murder of 63-year-old man
A ‘violent’ man who launched a ‘random attack’ on a stranger in Edinburgh in 2023 has been jailed for eight years.
Neil Johnstone

Violent rapist jailed for 14 years

Former wife of ‘violent abuser’ slams seven-year sentence

William Budge was reported missing in Edinburgh (Pic: Submitted)

Man jailed for repeatedly driving over former wife

Police discovered the homemade semi-automatic weapon in a plastic container during a search

Teenager who built 'deadly' assault gun in his bedroom spared jail

A woman was left 'shaken' after being threatened with an imitation firearm during a robbery in Edinburgh.

Woman left 'shaken' after being threatened with imitation firearm

Two men convicted after assault left man with ‘life-changing injuries’

Luke Ford, 35, was sentenced to 16 years in prison when he was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on December 18

‘Dangerous predator’ jailed for 16 years in landmark case

MPs gathered to hear the result of the vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. PIC: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

What happens next with the assisted dying bill?

Police at the MacKinnons' home in 2022.

Man jailed after murdering brother-in-law in shooting spree

Man jailed for 18-year campaign of child sexual abuse on children

Man jailed following fatal crash in north of the city
A 26-year-old man has been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving in Edinburgh.
Neil Johnstone

Man who confessed on Youtube video to raping woman jailed

Rapist has sentence increased following appeal

Mohamad Sabbagh was sentenced to seven years imprisonment at the High Court after raping a woman in Edinburgh.

Bogus Edinburgh taxi driver who raped young woman is jailed

Michael Conway was jailed

'Abhorrent' man who abused girls over decades jailed for 14 years

Man jailed for six years over sexual assaults on six young adults

Serial rapist jailed for 10 years over offences against 6 women

‘Dangerous individual’ jailed after campaign of violence against women

Rapist who defrauded women out of £210,000 jailed

Christopher Pearson tried to murder a man within Lochend Park in Edinburgh after deliberately driving a car at him.

Man jailed after he 'tried to murder' rival by running him over in car

Six incidents happened at HMP Addiewell Prison

Crime gang member slashed in prison attack

Haydn Edmonds, 37, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for serious sexual offences in the Edinburgh area and placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

Rapist Edinburgh chef is jailed for nine years

Four members of an organised crime gang responsible for flooding Edinburgh and the Lothians with cocaine have been jailed.

4 members of gang who flooded Edinburgh’s streets with cocaine jailed

Man convicted of multiple violent and sexual offences

Man jailed for 9 years for multiple domestic abuse offences

Man used threats and violence against women to obtain thousands

The body of former Fettes College teacher Peter Coshan was found in Northumberland three weeks after he was reported missing

Pensioner's lover tells court of how he lured him to his death

Man sentenced to life for the murder of James Hynes

Aaron Swan was jailed and handed a lifelong restriction order

Rapist jailed after cruel attacks on three women

Man jailed for 6 years for serious sexual offences over 10-year period

‘Dangerous individual’ jailed for series of sexual assaults

Man sentenced to life for the murder of Paul Smith

Father and son murderers Ian MacLeod and Dean McLeod

Father and son jailed after admitting murders of two men

Man who launched 'horrific attack' which left one dead is jailed

Kyle Sievewright, 20, was found guilty of eight offences, including rape, committed between 2019 and 2022 at the High Court in Livingston

20-year-old man jailed for six years for 'despicable' sexual crimes

Retired High Court advocate John Mayer downloaded more than 500 pictures depicting the sexual abuse of children.

Retired High Court advocate caught with child abuse images jailed

The 'thumb' story is only one of 50 Prince Harry claims the Mirror obtained unlawfully

Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against tabloid

Fire engines in Cockburn Street, close to the basement entrance to the City Chambers

800 businesses and homes without power after fire

Exhausted migrants in Kent. Credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images

Government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ruled unlawful