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The now defunct powers of arrest under common law and statutory detention were noted by Lord Carloway in the Carloway Review as being "a peculiar, if not unique, feature of modern Scots criminal procedure". The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 was introduced in order to "modernise and enhance the efficiency of the Scottish criminal justice ...
Part 1 of the Act reforms the powers of the police in Scotland in relation to arrest and detention. [5] Previous common law powers of arrest and separate statutory powers of detention were replaced by section 1 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016, a single statutory power of arrest similar to section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in England and Wales.
Two people have been arrested in a series of police raids in Dundee as the result of an investigation into county lines drug dealing and human trafficking. A 63-year-old man was arrested in the ...
Scottish criminal law can also be found in the statutes of the UK Parliament with some areas of criminal law, such as misuse of drugs and traffic offences appearing identical on both sides of the Border. Scottish criminal law can also be found in the statute books of the Scottish Parliament such as the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (2009 ...
The former first minister is being questioned ‘as a suspect’ by detectives, Police Scotland says
Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who dominated politics in Scotland for almost a decade, was arrested and questioned for several hours on Sunday by police investigating the finances ...
Following Bryson's conviction, Police Scotland confirmed that Bryson had been arrested and charged as a man and the crimes would therefore be recorded as having been committed by a man. [21] On 28 February 2023, Bryson was sentenced to eight years in prison, with a further three years of supervision upon release, and was also placed on the Sex ...
Three people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a man who went missing more than 20 years ago. Robert Scott Clive, known as Scott, was last seen on 10 October 2002 ...