The Latest Breaking News from Greenock Sheriff Court

Elderly care home resident choked to death after being given wrong meal

The care home resident had lived at the home since 2009

The Independent UK · Mar 25

Reasonable precautions at care home could have prevented choking death – inquiry

Robert McPaul, 70, died at Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home in Greenock in March 2018.

Evening Standard · Mar 25

Police Scotland worker caught with secret files after 'messaging organised criminal'

A POLICE worker spent almost three years unlawfully accessing highly confidential crime reports – only to be snared when she was caught messaging…

The National (Scotland) · May 22, 2025

Inverclyde's SNP councillors call for Stephen McCabe to be referred to watchdog

INVERCLYDE Council’s SNP group have called for the local authority’s domestic abuse-accused former leader to be referred to a standards…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 26, 2024

Labour peer is landlord of abuse-accused ex-Scottish council leader

A LABOUR grandee appointed to an influential local government role in Inverclyde is the landlord of the council’s former leader, who is contesting…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 24, 2024

Date confirmed for Labour council leader Stephen McCabe's court appearance

The leader of Inverclyde Council is set to appear at Greenock Sheriff Court tomorrow.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 14, 2024

Pair charged with 'racially-aggravated' behaviour at hotel housing asylum seekers

Two Greenock men have appeared in court charged with "throwing stones" at people in an alleged racially-aggravated incident at a hotel…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 9, 2024

Former social worker sentenced to community service for historical child cruelty

A FORMER “house mother” who abused children in her care in the 1960s and 1970s has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 11, 2023

Chris McEleny on trial on threatening behaviour and criminal damage charges

THE SNP's former Inverclyde Council group leader has gone on trial at Greenock Sheriff Court today charged with threatening behaviour and criminal…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 28, 2023

Sixth man charged over Neil Canney 'doorstep shooting' in Greenock

Neil Canney, 37, was found seriously injured in Nairn Road in the town at around 1.15am on Tuesday, February 28.

Daily Record · May 10, 2023