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 ...

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

A TOP cop says the challenges of tackling drug lords based abroad are to blame for a drop in drug detection rates. DCC Jane Connors told a watchdog that officers involved in Operation Portaledge ...

A former senior police officer has warned of a violent new power struggle following the arrest in Dubai of crime bosses Ross ...

After years of campaigning, the controversial ‘not proven’ verdict is finally being scrapped amid a legal system overhaul for ...

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

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

Shoplifting in Scotland has become "effectively legalised" as a result of SNP cuts to the police and justice system, MSPs ...