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Stuart Flood v HM Advocate
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Stuart Flood v HM Advocate
HCA/2025/460/XC
Appeal against Conviction
Wednesday 15 July 2026
10:30 until conclusion
Wendy Culross
[1] On 30 June 2025 the appellant was convicted at the High Court of Justiciary at Dundee of a single charge of attempted murder. The complainer was an infant. The sentencing judge imposed a sentence of 7 years.
[2] The appellant challenges the conviction only on four bases: (i) that the medical evidence adduced at the trial was incorrectly admitted as the questioning of one of three medical experts surpassed the scope of her expertise from which a miscarriage of justice; (ii) that there were factual inaccuracies contained within the prosecutor’s speech to the jury; (iii) that the jury were told that they were able to convict the appellant if they were satisfied of similar occurrences of assault; and (iv) that the jury were not adequately addressed by the trial judge on the approach they should take when considering expert evidence and were not adequately balanced.
[3] The appeal will be heard by the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court on Wednesday 15 July 2026.