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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 [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 [2012] ScotHC HCJAC_86

McGuire v Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow

McGuire v Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow [2012] ScotHC HCJAC_86 (07 June 2012)

The court refused an appeal against a bill of suspension, upholding a finding that public indecency while intoxicated had a significant sexual aspect.

  • Breach of the peace
  • Sexual offences
  • Notification requirements
  • Significant sexual aspect
  • Criminal-law
  • Sexual-offences
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