James Wolffe: Last News

A specialist Crown Office team investigating 5,688 Covid deaths has concluded its first cases but is yet to prosecute any organisations or individuals after three years.

Police Scotland did not receive a police watchdog investigation report into the death of Sheku Bayoh that would have been “incredibly valuable” in terms of officers examining conduct, an inquiry was told.

A sex attack victim who was the first in Scotland to sue over her treatment in the witness box has blasted the justice system for failing to stop others going through the same ordeal.

police face charges over the death of Sheku Bayoh. The Sunday Mail can reveal Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain signed off a Victim’s Right to Review (VRR) on behalf of the tragic dad’s family after her predecessor James Wolffe failed to act.

Glasgow, on June 25, 2002, and died two days later in hospital from horrific head injuries. Nineteen years later, no one has been charged for his murder.On Tuesday, Dorothy Bain was sworn in as Scotland’s new Lord Advocate, replacing James Wolffe.

investigation into his death.Neil Riddel was 19 when his body was found in a field near his home in Keith, Banffshire, in July 1991.A fatal accident inquiry ruled he had taken his own life but his ­relatives believe he died in police custody and was dumped there.They say the apprentice ­blacksmith had lodged a complaint over an assault by an officer shortly before his death.In December 2019, Neil’s family wrote to the Lord Advocate James Wolffe expressing “serious ­misgivings” over the police ­investigation and requested the Crown Office reopen it.Neil’s brother Ian, 51, of Keith, has now been informed that their request has been turned down.He said: “We’ve always been very unhappy with the police ­investigation into Neil’s death.“We have