A PARTIALLY paralysed man was assaulted and robbed of two bank cards.

Darrell Collings also had a watch and a ring he was wearing stolen by Garry McNair, 39, and Nicola McPhee, 29.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Mr Collings was out walking his dog on January 28 when he met McPhee by chance at a bus stop and went to her home on Invercraig Place, which she shared with McNair.

Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed said: “McNair was within the flat. Mr Collings said ‘hello’ and McNair punched him on the face, causing him to fall back onto the sofa.

“McPhee demanded Mr Collings’ pin security code as McNair stood over him, making a fist and threatening him.”

Mr Collings was “so frightened” he revealed his pin and McPhee left the flat with his cards.

McNair then took Mr Collings’ watch and ring from him and gave him tissues to clean his bloodied face.

The fiscal continued: “Mr Collings was in fear for his safety and sat quietly.

“McNair told him he had been in the Army and could put him in a chokehold. He also said he had been in jail and that he would stab him if he reported the incident to police.

“Mr Collings was so frightened he thought he might not get out alive.”

McPhee returned to the flat around 45 minutes later and said one of the security numbers was wrong.

All three left the flat together with the intention of going to an ATM, but McNair said to McPhee: “We’ve got to do that thing, just leave him,” and the two accused walked off.

Mr Collings reported the incident to police and later discovered £500 had been lifted from one of his accounts.

Both McPhee and McNair admitted that, while acting together, they assaulted Mr Collings by punching him on the head to his injury, demanded his pin, and robbed him of two bank cards, a watch, a ring, and nail clippers.

McPhee, a prisoner at Edinburgh, also admitted that she used Mr Collings’ card to lift £500 cash from an ATM at Asda.

She further admitted that, while acting with another, she assaulted Ronald Nelson, by seizing him by the body and taking £15 from his pocket, at St Paul’s Close, on August 27 2014.

McNair, a prisoner at Perth, admitted a further charge against him of stealing electricity at his home on January 29.

Sentence was deferred until May 17.

A drunken thug left a barmaid with a cut to her eyeball after punching a pub window, causing glass to smash into her face.

Anthony Deans, 39, of Erskine Street, carried out the attack at the Bush Bar, Seagate, after he was refused alcohol for being “too drunk”.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard barmaid Chelsea Wolecki repeatedly asked Deans to leave on February 1 but he kept coming back. He launched an attack on another customer, Raymond Bruce, and punched him repeatedly on the face.

He punched a pane of glass in the pub’s door, causing it to smash in the direction of Ms Wolecki.

Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed said: “She tried to protect herself but she was hit by glass, and blood was seen to come from her face.”

Police were called at 1.30am and found Deans at home. The fiscal continued: “The accused took an instant dislike to one of officers. He was asked on several occasions to calm down but kept challenging them to fight.

“He threw a punched that connected with an officer’s nose. Then he head-butted another officer and was restrained, but lashed out at a third officer.”

Deans admitted assaulting Raymond Bruce by repeatedly punching him on the face at Bush Bar, Seagate, on February 1, while on bail.

He further admitted assaulting Chelsea Wolecki by punching a glass window which smashed and glass struck her on the face, to her injury and disfigurement at the same location and on the same date.

Deans further admitted assaulting PC Robert Cowan by punching him on the face, at a property on Erskine Street, on February 2.

And he admitted assaulting PC James Buchanan by head-butting him on the face, and assaulting PC Nicola Grant by attempting to punch and kick her on the body, at the same location and on the same date.

Also in a separate case Deans admitted assaulting his partner Debbie Patterson by repeatedly striking her on the head, seizing her by the hair and pushing her against a wall, all to her injury, at Session Street, on December 4 last year.

Sentence was deferred on both cases until June 7 for reports.

A Dundee woman is to stand trial accused of causing the death of a cyclist by overtaking a lorry “when it was unsafe” and colliding head on with his bike.

Jessica Hedley faces a charge of causing death by careless driving after David Christie, 49, died following an accident on the A92 at Freuchie in February 2015.

Mr Christie died at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, five days after the incident as a result of his injuries.

Hedley is said to have driven her Vauxhall Corsa without due care or attention and overtaken a lorry when it was unsafe to do so.

Prosecutors say she failed to observe Mr Christie riding his bike on the opposing carriageway, causing the car and bike to collide whereby Mr Christie was so severely injured that he later died.

Hedley, 25, of Craigard Road, pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing death by careless driving.

Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC set a trial date for August and ordered Hedley to appear at a pre-trial hearing in July.

In a statement released by Police Scotland at the time of his death, David’s family said: “David was a much loved son and father, who will be hugely missed by family and friends.”

A man allegedly drove through residential streets in Dundee at twice the speed limit.

Stuart Burns, 31, of Tulloch Court, is accused of committing a string of dangerous driving offences, before crashing into another vehicle and a fence.

He will stand trial at Dundee Sheriff Court after denying six charges under the Road Traffic Act. All of the charges relate to offences that allegedly took place on February 22.

Burns denies taking and driving away a car without consent of the owner or lawful authority, at Dunmore Street. He also denies failing to stop the car he was driving when requested to do so by police.

Burns further denies driving dangerously by repeatedly driving on the opposite side of the carriageway at speeds in excess of 60mph in residential areas with 30mph restrictions, allegedly causing the car he was driving to collide with traffic-calming measures.

He also denies that he overtook on the opposite carriageway, exited a junction at Dunmore Street and Lismore Street when his line of sight was obscured, and collided with another vehicle, damaging both vehicles. He also denies colliding with a garden fence at Claverhouse Road, damaging the fence.

Burns also denies that he drove without a valid licence, without insurance and failed to provide his personal details after colliding with a vehicle and a fence. Trial is on August 3, with an intermediate diet on July 14.

A MAN who sent pictures of his private parts to three children separately has been jailed for two years at Dundee Sheriff Court.

Michael Grimes, 25, of St Johns Place, Montrose, was also placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

Grimes admitted a charge of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices towards a 14-year-old girl between March 2011 and October 2012.

He also admitted sending written sexual communications and pictures of his private parts to another 14-year-old girl between March 11 and October 2012.

And he admitted causing a nine-year-old girl to look at sexual images by sending a picture of his private parts to her via social media in March last year.

The court heard he had sent messages and pictures directly to each of the girls after they had accepted his friend requests on Facebook, despite not actually knowing them.

AN UNINSURED teenage driver led police on a 12-mile jaunt through northern Fife — then forced motorists to take evasive action as he performed a dangerous overtake.

Bryan Laird, 18, from Forfar, made off from Cupar and didn’t stop until he had reached the Tay Road Bridge.

Along the way, he almost collided with other vehicles in a saga which was branded “dangerous” in court.

Laird, of Yeaman Street, has now been banned from driving.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Laird was spotted by police driving a car which had no insurance at Bank Street, Cupar, at about 6pm on April 23.

Fiscal depute Joanne Smith said: “Officers followed the accused a short distance in a police vehicle.

“He stopped at a footpath in such a way police thought was unsafe.

“Officers approached his vehicle but the accused drove off.”

Laird then drove along the A92 towards the Tay Road Bridge, followed by police. The fiscal continued: “There is no suggestion that he exceeded the speed limit at any point.

“He approached the Wormit junction and overtook vehicles while approaching a blind bend.

“The manoeuvre forced him to brake and other drivers also had to brake sharply to avoid a collision.”

All traffic was then brought to a halt and police approached and spoke to Laird.

He admitted having no insurance or a driving licence and said: “I just like driving.”

Laird admitted driving a car dangerously by failing to comply with traffic signs and overtaking on a blind bend when it was unsafe to do so, causing other drivers to take evasive action to avoid a collision, at Bank Street, Cupar, and the A92 Tay Road Bridge roundabout, Fife, on April 23.

He also admitted driving without insurance and driving without a licence, at the same locations and on the same date. Sheriff Alastair Brown said: “This appears to be a gross misconduct which could’ve caused serious injury, for which no compensation would’ve been offered because he has no insurance.”

Sentence was deferred until June 10 for reports and Laird was disqualified meantime.

Two men are due to appear at Dundee Sheriff Court today in connection with a drugs raid in a city flat yesterday.

Police officers with sniffer dogs swooped at an address in the Hilltown yesterday morning.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “Two men, aged 32 and 37, have been charged in connection with drugs offences at an address in the Hilltown yesterday.

“Class A B and C drugs, valued at £1700 were recovered.

“The men are expected to appear in court today.”

A man has been charged over an alleged high-speed police chase through several streets in Dundee — along with a series of other road traffic offences.

George Drinnan, 30, is alleged to have driven dangerously and failed to stop for police earlier this month.

It’s claimed that he reversed into a vehicle behind him in an attempt to get away from a police car blocking his path.

It’s alleged that during the chase, he overtook when it was unsafe to do so, into the path of oncoming traffic, on several roads.

He also allegedly drove while disqualified and without insurance.

In addition, he stands accused of being in possession of a knife.

Drinnan, of Dalmahoy Drive, appeared in private at the sheriff court.

He made no plea or declaration in relation to six charges on petition.

Drinnan is charged with driving a car dangerously, at Kingsway West, South Road, Mallaig Avenue, Explorer Road, and Riverside Drive, on May 7.

He allegedly committed the offence by driving at excessive speed — reversing into a vehicle behind him in an attempt to avoid a police vehicle blocking his path — again driving at excessive speed, and overtaking when it was unsafe to do so, into the path of oncoming traffic.

Drinnan is further charged with driving while disqualified and without insurance, at the same locations and on the same date.

And he is charged with failing to stop a car when asked to do so by a uniformed police officer — namely PC Michael Keenan — at Kingsway West, on the same date.

In addition, Drinnan is charged with resisting five police officers — then in the execution of their duty — by locking the doors of his car and refusing to open them.

It’s alleged that this happened at Riverside Drive on the same date.

And he faces an allegation of having a knife in a public place, without reasonably excuse or lawful authority, also at Riverside Drive, on the same date.

The case was continued for further investigation.

A menatl health nurse has been suspended for six months after being convicted of drink-driving and domestic assault.

Alexander Yule Ney had his fate decided at a hearing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and it was decided his fitness to practise was “impaired”.

But after initially telling the Tele he didn’t think he would return to nursing, Ney now hasn’t ruled it out.

Ney, 39, who has worked in both Carseview and the Alloway Centre in Linlathen, was fined £450 and disqualified from holding a driving licence for a year after being convicted of drink driving at Forfar Sheriff Court in September 2014.

He was also convicted of domestic assault at Dundee Sheriff Court on October 15 2014 where he was required to do 180 hours of unpaid work within six months.

Earlier this year, Ney said his head “wasn’t in the right place” at the time of the offences. Today, Ney admitted he had expected to be struck off the register and was surprised at the decision by the NMC.

He said he needed to consider his options and wouldn’t rule out a return to mental health nursing.

He said: “To be honest, I thought I was going to get struck off the list so the fact it’s a suspension order, it gives me a lot of time to get in touch with them and speak about the situation. I’m trying to get on with my life so hopefully I can get something sorted out as I’m at a bit of a crossroads.

“I can either decide to do something else or I can fight for my job.

“I’m trying to get a new job right now, but it’s very difficult and I spent 10 years nursing, so it’s a big chunk of my life.

“I don’t think what I actually did in my job was a problem.

“I think I was well thought of, so it’s an option to go back.”

As well as hoping for a positive future, Ney admitted that he is still remorseful of what he did the past.

He added: “I wasn’t well at the time, but it doesn’t excuse from the fact that those things happened and I’ve still got to live with that guilt.

“I’m still really embarrassed about everything that happened. I was quite unwell at the time and now I just want to get on with my life again, so it’s up to me to make the next steps.”

A Bookkeeper wrote herself cheques from her employer then spent the money on flashy jewellery and expensive holidays.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard Catherine Bryceland, 50, embezzled £60,000 from a painting and decorating firm where she worked.

Bryceland, of Wellgrove Street, had sentence deferred after admitting one charge of embezzlement.

The court heard she transferred money from the bank account of her employer Raymond Gloag Painters and Decorators into her own personal account.

She also wrote herself cheques which director Raymond Gloag had signed blank, trusting her to use them for business as the company required.

Fiscal Depute Donna Brown said the “amateur nature” of the embezzlement was discovered after 18 months.

The fiscal said: “During that period the accused transferred money into her own personal bank account.

“The amateur nature of this embezzlement was discovered upon forensic examination of documents, in particular records, and bank statements of the accused.

“She made cheques payable to herself which was easy to do given that Mr Gloag trusted her so much with the financial affairs of the company.

“He would simply sign his name to a number of blank cheques.

“The £60,000 embezzled by the accused was used by her to purchase cars, holidays and jewellery, amongst other things.”

The court heard the company had benefited from an increase in turnover between 2001 to 2008, before declining sharply over the next two years.

By the end of the financial year in 2010 the business had lost £200,000 and in 2011 it went into administration.

The fiscal added: “The Crown does not suggest the accused was responsible for the company being placed into administration but she did abuse her position of trust within the company for her own personal gain.”

Bryceland admitted embezzling £60,000 from Raymond Gloag Painters and Decorators, Unit 4, Angus Works, Fairbairn Street, while employed as a bookkeeper, between July 1 2007 and December 31 2008.

Sheriff Michael Fletcher deferred called for background reports and deferred sentencing until June 29.

A NURSERY worker dangled a child upside down until blood vessels around his eyes burst.

In another horror incident Caroline Bell lifted up a child by his ankles, carried him across the room then “dumped” him on his head.

Shocked co-workers told a trial that Bell then “joked” about the incidents – and “talked about it as if she was talking about what she had had for tea”.

Bell had denied the charges but was found guilty of carrying out the two assaults at the Busy Bee nursery in Cupar, Fife – now known as Little Beehives.

The nursery’s owners said they “fully supported” the police throughout the prosecution and that Bell had been sacked when the allegations came to light.

Sian Conway, 22, a former worker at the nursery, told a trial at Dundee Sheriff Court that she was the whistleblower who flagged up two specific incidents to bosses – leading the cases to be reported to the police.

She said Bell had been her senior at the nursery, where she had worked for five years before going to work at a children’s hospice in England.

Miss Conway said: “I was working with Caroline – she was my senior.

“There was an incident involving one of the children on the climbing frame.

“The child had bitten another child and Caroline went over to deal with the situation.

“She picked him up off the climbing frame and had him upside down by the ankles.”

Miss Conway wept as she told the court: “She walked him across the room, dangling him by the ankles all the way.

“Then she dumped him on the floor – she dropped him from stomach level, she just let him go.

“Then she came over to me and had a laugh about it – she made a joke of it.”

Describing another incident, Miss Conway added: “I was on holiday – I only know about it because Caroline told me about it when I came back.

“Before I’d gone away we had been playing with the kids – holding their hands and letting them walk up our legs until they were almost upside down.

“One of the children didn’t like it when he got horizontal, he’d become upset when we did it before.

“She told me that when I’d been off she was doing that with children and she had done it with that child, but he had got so upset that blood vessels had popped in his eye.

“The way she talked about it was as if she was just telling me what she had had for tea.”

Bell, 44, of Lorraine Drive, Cupar, denied two charges of assault and one of ill-treating children at the nursery.

After a summary trial at Dundee Sheriff Court she was found guilty of the two assault charges, committed between November 1 2013 and February 26 2014.

The Crown said they were no longer seeking a conviction on the ill-treatment charge at the beginning of the trial.

That charge had alleged that she “emotionally abused children in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering” by speaking to them in an inappropriate manner and threatening them with physical abuse.

Sheriff Simon Collins QC deferred sentence until next month for social work background reports and ordered Bell to appear on that date.

Jennifer Martin, owner of Little Beehives nursery, said: “Childrens’ wellbeing is our number one priority and we fully support the actions of the police in bringing this action against an ex-employee who was dismissed from our service.”

Two teens who attacked a man in a Dundee lane leaving him with footprints on his face are behind bars.

Warren Valentine and Scott Wheeler, both 19, were each sentenced to detention at Dundee Sheriff Court after admitting assault.

The court heard Valentine and Wheeler punched and kicked their victim, injuring him and endangering his life.

Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told the court the victim and Valentine had arranged to meet at High Street on April 29 last year, and Valentine arrived at 1.55pm with his friend Wheeler and Dylan Reid, 19, who were unknown to the victim.

The fiscal said: “The group walked together through town, ending up at Rose Lane, a path in the Hilltown. At this point Wheeler punched the man on the head repeatedly from behind.

“This took the man by surprise and appeared to be unprovoked. Valentine thereafter punched their victim on the head.”

A struggle then ensued between Valentine and the man, with both falling on the ground. While on the ground the victim was punched by Wheeler again and kicked at least twice in the head by Valentine.

The victim heard either Wheeler or Reid shouting at Valentine to “give it a break”.

When the man fell to the ground, his phone had fallen out of his pocket and Reid picked it up. Reid then sold it the next day.

After the attack, the man went to a nearby shop and police were contacted.

When officers and paramedics arrived they noted “obvious footwear impressions” on the victim’s face and cuts and bruising on his head and body.

Valentine, of Spey Drive, and Wheeler, of Fullarton Street, both admitted that while acting together they assaulted a man by repeatedly punching him on the head, kicking him on the head and stamping on his head, all to his injury and to the danger of his life, on April 29 last year.

Valentine was sentenced to 14 months detention and Wheeler was sentenced to 18 months detention.

Reid, of St Clements Terrace, admitted stealing the victim’s mobile phone. His sentence was deferred until November 16.

Kyle Leonard, 19, a prisoner at Perth, had sentence deferred at Dundee Sheriff Court.

Leonard admitted having sex with three separate children at three properties in Dundee.

The first offence took place on various occasions between two dates in 2013.

The second was between 2013 and 2014, and the third was between two months in 2014.

Sentence on Leonard was deferred until June 7 for reports.

A man was rushed to hospital after collapsing in a Tayside prison.

Darrell Smith, 39, formerly of Lochee, was found unresponsive in his cell at Perth Prison last Monday and rushed to Perth Royal Infirmary.

His family say he had to be brought back to life twice while in his cell and again a third time in the back of an ambulance as paramedics rushed him to Perth Royal Infirmary.

The father-of-one was placed on a ventilator to help him breathe and although he was eventually able to come off the machine, there are fears his brain may have been starved of oxygen for too long for him to fully recover.

His brother Scott Whyte, 36, said: “Darrell was found in his prison cell but we don’t know how long he had been lying there.

“He was brought back to life and they thought he was possibly brain dead as he may not have had enough oxygen going to the brain.”

Darrell had been 10 days into a two month sentence when he suffered the medical episode.

He was convicted at Dundee Sheriff Court on May 6 after committing theft by shoplifting.

A scan conducted on Friday suggested that Darrell still had a good response in his brain but if Darrell pulls through, Scott, of Blairgowrie, is unsure what his brother’s life quality will be like in the future.

He said: “Darrell died twice in prison and then once again on the way to hospital. He’s still breathing, but there’s very little sign of movement. He’s opening his eyes, but there’s nothing there.”

And Scott isn’t happy at the way the incident has been handled.

He said: “We’ve got the G4S guys actually sitting in the ward, but it’s not like he’s going anywhere. I know they’re just doing their job, but they don’t need to be in the ward with us.

“We also believe Darrell was in a cell alone, but he suffers from epilepsy, so I don’t understand why they didn’t pair him up. I don’t want anyone else to have to go through this. There should have been someone in with him, or checking on him.”

A Scottish Prison Service spokeswoman said the service does not comment on individual prisoners but added: “When a prisoner enters prison we complete a health assessment. If the prisoner is assessed as having a health problem, we prescribe a suitable plan. All prisoners are seen by a doctor within 24 hours of admission.”

A man entered the home of his ex-partner uninvited and threatened to stab another man.

Fraser Watt, 44, a prisoner at Perth, admitted one charge of engaging in a course of conduct which caused fear and alarm to Rebecca Williams, at Mary Slessor Square, between February 19 and 21.

The court heard that Watt entered his ex-partner’s home uninvited and shouted and swore at her.

Watt then repeatedly threatened to stab John Munday and demanded that Mr Munday leave the house.

He repeatedly made derogatory comments towards Ms Williams, repeatedly refused to leave the house when asked to do so, and pulled a telephone connection from a wall socket.

Watt did this in order to disconnect a phone call Ms Williams was making to police at the time of the offence.

He then told Ms Williams he was going to “interrogate” her mobile phone.

He also parked his vehicle outside her house and remained within the vehicle, telling her he was outside her house and also telling her that he had attended at the home of John Munday.

Watt also repeatedly asked to speak to Ms Williams and repeatedly sent her text messages. Sentence was deferred until June 6 for a Crown narrative, with Watt remanded meantime.

A man, who stamped on another man’s head outside a Dundee primary school, has been ordered to pay his victim £1,000 compensation.

Mark Gorthy, 31, of Anton Drive, was also placed on a curfew, ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work, and placed under 12 months of supervision at the sheriff court after admitting assault.

Gorthy carried out the attack near the front door of Camperdown Primary as he dropped off his daughter for her first day at school.

Gorthy’s ex-partner — the mother of his daughter — was also there, with her new fiancé, Mr Wallace.

Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told the court Gorthy threatened Mr Wallace twice at the school before launching his attack just five feet from the front door.

The fiscal said: “The accused approached Mr Wallace, who was holding on to a buggy with a baby in it, and punched him once on the face, which immediately knocked him to the ground, rendering him unconscious.

“While on the ground, the accused stamped on Mr Wallace’s head. This was in full view of a number of parents and small children, who became very distressed.

“Mr Wallace was unconscious for a short time only but remained lying on the ground, bleeding quite significantly from his nose for around two minutes.”

Mr Wallace was taken to Ninewells Hospital and treated for a broken nose as well as cuts, bruises and swelling on his face.

Solicitor Jim Laverty, defending, said: “Gorthy accepts he lost control in the circumstances and can’t believe he behaved in the way he did, where he did.”

Gorthy admitted assaulting Scott Wallace by punching him on the face, rendering him unconscious, and thereafter stamping on his head to his severe injury, disfigurement and impairment, at Camperdown Primary School, Buttars Street, on August 18 last year.

Sheriff Drummond said: “This was a very serious assault. You punched him, rendering him unconscious, then stamped on his head.”

A former Dundee footballer previously charged with domestic assault, had the charge against him dropped.

Philip Roberts, 21, of Wellesley Road, Ilford, Essex, had one charge of assaulting his partner Georgina Davidson dropped at Dundee Sheriff Court.

The striker previously denied assaulting Ms Davidson by seizing her by the body and holding her against a wall, to her injury, at South Ward Road, on March 15 last year.

The Crown accepted his not guilty plea after reviewing CCTV and seeing that Roberts did not assault Ms Davidson.

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However he was fined £100 by the court after admitting failing to appear at an earlier diet.

Roberts was released by Dundee at the start of the season.

The striker made 10 appearances for the Dark Blues.

He scored once, with a deflected shot in the 1-1 draw against Partick Thistle in December 2014.

The striker’s most recent club was Sligo Rovers having joined them in February this year.

A man has appeared in court in connection with an alleged “repeated” stabbing in Dundee.

Kevin McHugh, 27, of Yarrow Terrace in the Menzieshill area of the city, was arrested following reports of a “serious” disturbance on his home street on Monday night.

He appeared in private at Dundee Sheriff Court.

He made no plea or declaration in relation to four charges on petition.

He is charged with assaulting Scott McMillan by repeatedly striking him on the body with a knife, to his injury and permanent disfigurement, at Yarrow Terrace, on Monday.

He is further charged with having a kitchen knife in a public place without reasonable excuse or lawful authority, at the same location and on the same date.

McHugh is also charged with having cannabis, a class B drug, at his home address, on the same date.

And he is charged with having diazepam, a class C drug, again at his home address, on Tuesday.

The case was continued for further inquiries and McHugh was remanded meantime.

Locals spoke of seeing up to 20 police vehicles in the area of Yarrow Terrace and Dochart Terrace following the alleged disturbance on Monday.

Residents said they became aware of officers’ activity at about 7pm.

Further units were seen in the area around 8pm, including a car carrying police dogs.

Officers were later seen taking photos at the scene.

People living nearby said folk had been left “terrified” following the level of the police response.

One man said: “There must have been about 20 police vehicles, from the dog unit and 4x4s to an unmarked Audi and patrol cars.

“They were stationed in just about every street joining on to Dickson Avenue from the Jimmy Shand right along to Charleston Drive.

Another local posted on social media: “I’ve never seen so many police cars in all my life.”

Local Laura Brooke, 56, who stays in the area, said: “There was quite a commotion in the close.”

A man who drove while disqualified has been admonished on a technicality at Dundee Sheriff Court.

The court heard Philip Sinclair, 39, of Invercraig Place, Dundee, was “unaware” he was disqualified at the time he committed the offence.

Sinclair admitted driving a car while disqualified at A92, Taybridge roundabout, Newport, on October 8. He later crashed the car.

At the time he was subject to an interim disqualification, having admitted drink driving at Dundee Sheriff Court but not having been sentenced.

Sinclair said he was unaware an interim disqualification had been issued and the Crown accepted this position. Sheriff Anderson admonished Sinclair on the driving while disqualified charge.

At the time, Sinclair said he went into survival mode following the crash.

He told the Tele said: “There was blood gushing from my head. I really thought I was going to die.”