Sheriff Matthew Auchincloss said Higgins, from Livingston, was guilty of persistent deception and said he was “sceptical” of his claim that being on opioid-based pain medication had affected ...

The schoolgirl was lured into chatting with the Scots charity worker who sent vile sexual messages to the 11-year-old before ...

An Edinburgh dad has been caught in possession of a horror haul of child sex abuse material. Philip Bampton was found to have stored hundreds of images and videos depicting young children being ...

Robertson returned to the dock for sentencing on Friday, January 10, where Sheriff Matthew Auchincloss spared him custody and instead issued an "onerous" community payback order. The sheriff said ...