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HM Advocate v Robert Markward
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HM Advocate v Robert Markward
HCA/2025/489/XC
Crown Appeal against Sentence
Friday 9 January 2026
10:30 until conclusion
Louis Bendle
[1] The respondent was convicted by a jury in the High Court of Justiciary at Kilmarnock of ten charges, including theft and fraud. One of the charges, charge 9, was a charge of assault to injury. At an adjourned diet on 12 August 2025, he was sentenced to a period of 9 years imprisonment.
[2] The Crown argues that the sentence imposed was unduly lenient, in that the sentencing judge did not impose an Order for Lifelong Restriction.
[3] The appeal will be heard by the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court on Friday 9 January 2026 at 10:30am.