Catherine Leahy found guilty of interfering in drugs trial in first case of its kind in ScotlandA juror who accepted a bribe has been jailed in the first prosecution of its kind in Scotland. A police investigation was launched after information was passed to the Crown Office about an alleged bribe to a juror. Last month, she was found guilty of agreeing to receive money for not properly carrying out her role as a juror. On Thursday, at the high court in Edinburgh, Leahy, 62, was sentenced to six years in jail. Prosecutors are giving further consideration to the circumstances of the original trial in which Leahy served as a juror.

Source: The Guardian April 19, 2018 11:56 UTC