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Criminal law [2026] SACCRIM 4

Muhammad Aslam and another against Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow (Sheriff Appeal Court Criminal)

Muhammad Aslam and another against Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow (Sheriff Appeal Court Criminal) [2026] SACCRIM 4 (18 February 2026)

The court held that Muhammad Aslam’s racist conduct was not significantly sexual, but Iain Laing’s repeated misuse of a child’s underwear was, so registration was upheld only for Laing.

  • Sexual offences
  • Sex offenders' register
  • Significant sexual aspect
  • Notification requirements
  • Racially aggravated offences
  • Sex-offenders-register
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Criminal law [2025] SACCRIM 6

Appeal against Sentence by MD (Sheriff Appeal Court Criminal)

Appeal against Sentence by MD (Sheriff Appeal Court Criminal) [2025] SACCRIM 6 (17 June 2025)

The Sheriff Appeal Court quashed a fine for sexual assault and imposed a six-month community payback order with supervision after finding a report was needed.

  • Sentencing
  • Sexual offences
  • Notification requirements
  • Community payback order
  • Sexual-offences
  • Notification-requirements
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Criminal law [2024] ScotHC HCJAC_24

APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY DAVID MOFFAT

APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY DAVID MOFFAT [2024] ScotHC HCJAC_24 (29 May 2024)

The court allowed an appeal against sentence to replace a cumulo sentence with separate terms, reducing the appellant’s sex-offender notification period from indefinite to 10 years.

  • Sentencing
  • Notification requirements
  • Sexual offences
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Sex-offender-notification
  • Cumulo-sentences
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Criminal law [2024] ScotHC HCJAC_18

BILL OF ADVOCATION BY MACKENZIE FRED ANDREW HORNER AGAINST HMA

BILL OF ADVOCATION BY MACKENZIE FRED ANDREW HORNER AGAINST HMA [2024] ScotHC HCJAC_18 (02 May 2024)

The court held that notification under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 follows automatically from conviction and that no interim notification order was competent.

  • Notification requirements
  • Indecent images of children
  • Procedural irregularity
  • Certification under sexual offences act 2003
  • Sexual-offences-act-2003
  • Notification-requirements
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Criminal law [2022] ScotHC HCJAC_46

APPEAL BY PF EDINBURGH AGAINST FAISAL AZIZ

APPEAL BY PF EDINBURGH AGAINST FAISAL AZIZ [2022] ScotHC HCJAC_46 (13 December 2022)

The High Court restored a taxi driver’s conviction under section 7 of the 2009 Act, holding his sexual remark to two strangers could be inferred as made for sexual gratification.

  • Sexual verbal communication
  • Sexual gratification
  • Breach of the peace
  • Notification requirements
  • Sexual autonomy
  • Sexual-offences
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Criminal law [2018] ScotHC HCJAC_8

TRAVERS, APPLICATION TO AMEND A NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE

TRAVERS, APPLICATION TO AMEND A NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE [2018] ScotHC HCJAC_8 (10 January 2018)

The Appeal Court refused leave to amend a note of appeal, holding that a withdrawn challenge to a statement of uncontroversial evidence could not be reintroduced.

  • Sexual offences
  • Notification requirements
  • Procedural law
  • Appeal procedure
  • Criminal-appeal-procedure
  • Statement-of-uncontroversial-evidence
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Criminal law [2017] ScotHC HCJAC_22

Sutherland v HM Advocate

Sutherland v HM Advocate [2017] ScotHC HCJAC_22 (12 April 2017)

Appeal against sex-offender notification conditions quashed after the court held the Facebook posting of an intimate image did not show a significant sexual aspect.

  • Sentence appeal
  • Sexual offences
  • Notification requirements
  • Communications act 2003
  • Sexual offences act 2003
  • Significant sexual aspect
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Criminal law [2016] ScotHC HCJAC_12

Rodgerson v Procurator Fiscal, Alloa

Rodgerson v Procurator Fiscal, Alloa [2016] ScotHC HCJAC_12 (04 February 2016)

The Appeal Court quashed sex-offender notification requirements after holding that the appellant’s offensive Facebook jokes did not have a significant sexual aspect.

  • Communications act 2003 section 127(1)(a)
  • Sexual offences act 2003 part 2
  • Notification requirements
  • Significant sexual aspect
  • Registration as sex offender
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law [2015] ScotHC HCJAC_86

McHugh v Procurator Fiscal, Airdrie

McHugh v Procurator Fiscal, Airdrie [2015] ScotHC HCJAC_86 (16 October 2015)

The Appeal Court upheld a sheriff’s finding that McHugh’s conduct had a significant sexual aspect, so sex-offender notification requirements applied.

  • Threatening or abusive behaviour
  • Sexual offences
  • Notification requirements
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-law
  • Sexual-offences
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Criminal law [2015] ScotHC HCJAC_61

McNair v Procurator Fiscal, Dundee

McNair v Procurator Fiscal, Dundee [2015] ScotHC HCJAC_61 (24 July 2015)

The appeal court refused an appeal against notification requirements under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 after a conviction for public indecency on a bus in Dundee.

  • Public indecency
  • Sexual offences
  • Notification requirements
  • Sexual offences act 2003
  • Public-indecency
  • Sexual-offences-act-2003
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