Firecrest Films makes Murder Case and Murder Trial for BBC Scotland. The award-winning true crime documentaries attract big audiences in ...

Referred to as the “bastard verdict” by Sir Walter Scott as far back as the 1820s, the not proven verdict is currently used ...

Authors and readers are set to flock to Stirling this weekend to share their love of the genre, from tense psychological ...

MSPs have approved wide-ranging legislation proposed by the Scottish Government to reform how the justice system operates.

Hat Trick International (HTI), the UK-based factual and scripted distributor, is launching three true-crime documentary ...

A Tory amendment which would have required research into child sexual abuse and exploitation to be carried out was voted down ...

MSPs have voted to abolish Scotland's controversial not proven verdict. The Scottish government's flagship Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed on Wednesday following a ...

Weapons used by a shoplifting gang were seized by police, after individuals were caught by police during a thieving spree - ...

John Swinney has been accused of "effectively legalising” shoplifting in Scotland amid a huge rise in retail crime. Scottish ...