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In cases where there is public interest or where the sentence may be complicated or controversial, the judge may decide to make the sentencing statement more widely available. You can read the judge’s full statement here once sentence has been passed.
We also issue tweets to alert our followers as soon as statements are published. .
For more information about how judges decide sentences and what sentences are available to them, see the Scottish Sentencing Council website.
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Thursday, 13 September, 2018
Sentencing Statements
At the High Court in Glasgow today, 13 September 2018, Lord Beckett sentenced Jagtar Singh to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 17 years, after the offender was found guilty of murdering a man nearly 25 years ago.
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Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
Sentencing Statements
At the High Court in Edinburgh today, 11 September 2018, Lord Arthurson sentenced William Wright to four years’ imprisonment after the accused was found guilty of charges of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards three teenage girls.
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Monday, 10 September, 2018
Sentencing Statements
At Dundee Sheriff Court today, 10 September 2018, Sheriff Tom Hughes sentenced Neil Addison to four years’ imprisonment after the accused was found guilty of 14 charges of sexual assault.
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Monday, 10 September, 2018
Sentencing Statements
At the High Court in Glasgow today, 10 September 2018, Lord Clark sentenced Paul McCandish to an extended sentence of seven years and three months after the accused was found guilty of assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement, under provocation, and the use of threatening and abusive behaviour towards police officers.
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Friday, 7 September, 2018
Sentencing Statements
At the High Court in Glasgow today, 7 September 2018, Lady Stacey sentenced John Sharp to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 15 years after the accused was found guilty of the murder of his father.
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