Appeal Against Conviction By Way Of Stated Case By Douglas Mcconachie Against Procurator Fiscal, Aberdeen

JurisdictionScotland
JudgeSheriff S Murphy,Sheriff W H Holligan
Neutral Citation[2018] SAC (Crim) 10
Date14 August 2018
Docket NumberSAC/2018-000006/AP
CourtSheriff Appeal Court
Published date14 August 2018
SHERIFF APPEAL COURT
[2018] SAC (Crim) 10
SAC/2018-000006/AP
Sheriff Principal I R Abercrombie QC
Sheriff S Murphy QC
Sheriff W H Holligan
OPINION OF THE COURT
delivered by SHERIFF PRINCIPAL I R ABERCROMBIE QC
in
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY WAY OF STATED CASE
by
DOUGLAS McCONACHIE
Appellant
against
PROCURATOR FISCAL, ABERDEEN
Respondent
Appellant: Mackintosh; Faculty Services Limited
Respondent: J Farquharson, AD; Crown Agent
14 August 2018
[1] Douglas McConachie appeals against his conviction for breach of the peace at
Aberdeen Sheriff Court in October 2017. He was originally charged under section 38(1) of
the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 but at the conclusion of the Crown
case the procurator fiscal depute properly conceded that there was insufficient evidence for
the statutory charge to prove. The defence submitted that there was no case to answer in

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