The Crown Office was forced to make clear last week that the Lord Advocate and her deputy Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC had stepped away from any decisions to end the investigation into Ms ...

Meanwhile, former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, who is separated from Ms Sturgeon, has appeared in court charged with ...

A Crown appeal against the 13-year punishment part of a life sentence imposed on a man who beat his friend unconscious and left him outside to die has succeeded before the High Court of Justiciary, ...

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Prime Minister says Dorothy Bain’s two roles should be separated after a criminal investigation into Nicola Sturgeon was ...

COPFS said prosecutors and independent counsel are dealing with Murrell's case without involving Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC or Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC. The spokesperson added ...