A man has been charged with driving dangerously and at speed before hitting a pedestrian — leaving her seriously injured on a Dundee street.

John O’Neil, 31, of the city’s Rosebank Street, appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court after he was held in connection with an incident last November.

O’Neil made no plea or declaration in relation to one charge on petition, during a hearing held in private.

He is charged with causing serious injury to Naomi Ahmad, who was 19 at the time, by driving a car dangerously at Byron Street — near to its junction with Bruce Street — on November 14 last year.

It is alleged that O’Neil drove at excessive speed for the weather conditions.

And it is further claimed that he failed to see Ms Ahmad — who was a pedestrian crossing the roadway — and collided with her.

The incident is said to have caused her injury and damage to his vehicle.

The case was continued for further inquiries and O’Neil was given bail meantime.

An ambulance crew and specialist trauma team was dispatched to Byron Street — in the Law area of the city — after the teenager was allegedly struck by a car on the evening of November 14.

The Tele told at the time how paramedics were on the scene within minutes of being alerted just after 11pm.

Ms Ahmad was cared for at the roadside before being conveyed to hospital for treatment. The road was cordoned off for a time while police carried out their inquiries.

In the aftermath of the incident, Ms Ahmad’s mum Roxan spoke to the Tele of her shock about what had happened.

There was praise for the medical staff who had helped to treat Ms Ahmad in the aftermath of the incident.

Ms Ahmad, a beauty and make-up student at Dundee and Angus College, was said to have left to travel to her job as a bartender at Underground nightclub before she was injured.

She later told the Tele how she “couldn’t wait” to get back to work and college following her recovery.

Police confirmed at the time that they’d charged someone in connection with the incident.

A 55-year-old man and a “wee laddie” who were arrested after a drugs raid have been locked up.

At Dundee Sheriff Court Robert Tinney, 55, of Castleby Street, Glasgow, and Robin Alcorn, 20 of Meadowview Drive, Inchture, both admitted a charge of being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

The court heard they were found with 2,046g of benzocaine – a cutting agent for cocaine.

Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed said police received intelligence that a vehicle was travelling from Dundee to Glasgow for a drug transaction, on July 18 last year.

The fiscal said: “Around 6.35pm the accused Alcorn was observed by police to enter the front passenger seat of a white Nissan Qashqai which was parked on Milton Street.

“Officers approached the vehicle and accused Alcorn was traced within the front passenger seat.

“Accused Tinney was found to be in the driver’s seat.

“The accused Alcorn was found to be wearing a Nike holdall, containing £9,000 in cash.”

Both accused were detained and the vehicle was searched.

As Tinney got out of the car he voluntarily said: “I was just delivering things in that bag to that wee laddie.

“I was just getting a couple of pound for it. I’ve never done anything like this.”

A carrier bag containing two bags of white powder was recovered from the foot well of the driver’s seat.

The two bags weighed 1,009g and 1,037g and both contained benzocaine.

A mobile phone and job sheet were also found within the vehicle.

Solicitor Jim Laverty, defending Tinney, said: “For the majority of his life until this incident he had led a very poor social life.

“He is a poor social individual, a community individual and an extremely naïve individual.

“It is this naivety which unfortunately scrupulous individuals can’t identify and latch on to.”

Tinney and Alcorn both admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine at Milton Street, on July 18 last year.

Sheriff Alastair Brown said: “It seems you were both couriers and were unaware of what you were transporting – the fact it was a cutting agent doesn’t matter.”

“Anyone who is involved in the chain of distribution, from producer to consumer, can expect to be dealt with seriously.”

A FORMER police officer bombarded her ex with texts after she refused to accept the end of their relationship, Dundee Sheriff Court heard.

Karen Allan, 40, sent a series of messages to Bruce Dargie, 49, some begging for reconciliation and others which were insulting and “nasty”, the court heard.

Allan — who was jailed in 2011 for 27 months after tipping off a suspect in a counterfeit cash inquiry, while called Karen Howie — began excessively texting Mr Dargie on November 21 last year after he ended a five-month on-off relationship with her, it was claimed.

The texts were only reported to police after Mr Dargie believed Allan was going to falsely report him for rape.

Mr Dargie said: “She wanted to get a relationship going but I wasn’t having it.

“Some of the messages were nice and others were nasty.

“It was unnerving. Any time I replied I would get loads of texts back — there was no reasoning with her.

“I’d had enough, so I went to police to get them to tell her to stop.”

He said he told Allan via text that he was going to report the excessive number of messages and she replied: “Two can play at that game.”

He said he thought this meant she would report him for rape after previously texting him about his DNA being in her bed.

Under cross-examination by solicitor John McLaughlin, Mr Dargie admitted that he had a continuing relationship with Allan during the three weeks he was receiving the messages.

Allan, of Barry Downs Holiday Park, Barry, stood trial after denying a stalking charge of sending an excessive number of text messages to Mr Dargie, between November 21 and December 19 last year.

However, as the trial concluded, Allan offered a plea of guilty to a new charge of breach of the peace, by behaving in a way likely to cause a reasonable person fear or alarm towards Mr Dargie, on December 19 last year. The change came after Sheriff George Way accepted that Mr Dargie had been caused fear and alarm by the DNA message on December 19, rather than any earlier texts. Sentence was deferred until August 15 for reports.

Allan admitted in 2011 to tipping off a suspect in a police cash probe after fearing she’d been pictured taking a legal high at an acquaintance’s flat. She was told by a sheriff she had “betrayed” her duty as a police officer.

A MAN who smashed a bottle over the head of a reveller in a Dundee nightclub has been jailed.

Charles Smith, 21, of Corso Street, was locked up for nine months by Sheriff Alastair Brown at Dundee Sheriff Court.

The court heard Smith was on a boozy night out in Liquid nightclub, South Ward Road, when he bumped into a female patron.

Smith became aggressive and Jack Tough — who simply happened to be nearby — asked him to calm down. However Smith reacted by hitting Mr Tough on the head with a bottle, injuring him.

Solicitor Anika Jethwa said: “He knows alcohol is no excuse. Attempts have been made to remedy his actions.”

Smith admitted assaulting Mr Tough by striking him on the head with a bottle to his injury at the nightclub on September 6 last year.

Sheriff Brown said: “You bumped into a lady in a nightclub and when the complainer asked you to calm down, you hit him on the head with a bottle.

“This happened in a licenced premises. You used a weapon and you have a previous conviction for assault to injury.

“The harm you caused was much less than it could have been and that was highly fortunate.”

On top of the jail sentence, Smith was also banned from attending Liquid nightclub for two years.

A woman who told police she was “only doing her job” when she was caught supplying heroin has been jailed for three years.

Lisa Park, 41, was sentenced at Dundee Sheriff Court after admitting the crime.

Park was caught with 16.52g of the Class A drug, with a value of £1,650, at her home in Adamson Court.

She also had a tick list, seven mobile phones and £650 cash.

Fiscal depute Sue Ruta said Park was unemployed when police raided her home on April 20.

The fiscal said: “The accused was traced in the living room and seen to hide a Kinder egg in her bra and drop another Kinder egg behind her.”

The Kinder eggs contained heroin with a maximum street value of £1,650.

As officers took her to Dundee police headquarters, she said: “I’m only doing my job, supplying to folk.”

Her mobile phones were analysed and drug-related messages were recovered.

Solicitor Mike Short, defending, told the court Park began abusing heroin when her husband died and that she is now in the grip of addiction.

Park, a prisoner at Edinburgh, admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin, a Class A drug, between February 11 last year and April 20. Sheriff Alastair Brown said: “You know as well as anyone that this stuff causes misery.”

A MAN whose dog ran out in front of a car threatened to kill the driver if his pet ended up hurt.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Joseph Kane, 58, of Lorimer Street, then shouted and swore and warned the occupants of the car that he would carry out his threat.

Fiscal depute Muhammad Sadiq told the court the incident happened on the evening of January 22.

Kane had been in a pub with his dog, which managed to get off his lead as the pair walked home.

The dog ran then across the road at Hospital Street.

The fiscal said: “The dog ran in front of a car and struck the vehicle.

“The accused approached and became aggressive and started shouting and swearing.”

The court was told that Kane shouted: “If they have hurt my dog I’m going to kill them.”

He then approached the car and shouted at the occupants of the vehicle: “I don’t make threats, I do them,” before walking off with his dog.

The frightened driver contacted police and Kane was traced shortly after.

Solicitor Ann Duffy, defending, told the court Kane was employed as a taxi driver.

She said: “On the night in question he had been in a pub and took his dog with him.

“The dog was on a lead but got off and ran on to the road.

“The dog got hit and he reacted the way he did.”

Mrs Duffy added that although Kane had drank alcohol on the evening of the offence, he was not considered to have any issues relating to drinking alcohol.

Kane admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by shouting, swearing and uttering threats of violence, at Hospital Street, on January 22.

Sheriff Drummond said: “I’ve heard the circumstances and realise you were reacting to your dog being hit by a car.

“But at the same time it was quite a serious threat you made and it must have been frightening to hear it.

“I’m going to mark your behaviour with a fine.”

Kane was fined £130.

A LEARNER driver who crashed a BMW into an overpass on the Kingsway and caused £60,000 of damage has been jailed.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard John Duncan, 23, had just six driving lessons before he bought himself a BMW on January 19.

Two days later he was spotted driving the car dangerously at Asda, Milton of Craigie, and at BP filling station, Kingsway West.

Fiscal depute Sue Ruta told the court Duncan picked up two friends in his car and drove off.

Duncan then crashed his BMW into the overhead pedestrian walkway at the Strathmartine Road roundabout, causing significant damage to his car, the overpass and steel barriers.

Both his passengers were taken to Ninewells Hospital. Roxanne Alcorn, a passenger in another car, was given treatment for minor injuries.

Kris Gilmartin, defending, said: “He accepts it’s a serious offence and it barely needs to be mentioned that this could have been much more serious for Mr Duncan, his passengers and others on the road or footbridge.”

Duncan, of Beauly Crescent, admitted dangerous driving, driving without a licence and driving without insurance. All offences took place on January 21 at Asda, Milton of Craigie, BP filling station, Kingsway West, and the roundabout at the junction of Kingsway West and Strathmartine Road. Duncan, who was on licence at the time of the offence, was returned to prison to serve the remaining 150 days of his licence.

He was thereafter sentenced to 12 months imprisonment and disqualified from driving for three years and eight months.

A FOOTBALL casual who is banned from attending matches after being involved in “serious disorder” at Dundee games has returned to court.

Jamie Gilchrist, 22, appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court on seven charges of breaching his football banning order.

As part of the order Gilchrist is required to sign in with police during the first half of all UK matches involving Dundee, Dundee United and Scotland.

Gilchrist, of Lansdowne Court, allegedly failed to attend at police headquarters on six occasions during such matches.

He allegedly failed to sign in at police headquarters during Italy v Scotland on May 29, France v Scotland on June 4 and Alloa Athletic v Dundee on July 1.

And he allegedly failed to sign in at police headquarters during Forfar Athletic v Dundee United on July 5, Brechin City v Dundee United on July 9 and Arbroath v Dundee United on July 15.

Gilchrist also faces a seventh charge of breaching his football banning order by failing to inform police of a change of address within seven days of moving, as required by the order.

He denies all charges and will stand trial in September. He was given bail meantime.

Solicitor Ian Houston, defending, highlighted that Gilchrist was charged with not signing in with police, rather than attending at the matches, and that the two Scotland games took place abroad.

Gilchrist was placed on a three-year football banning order in June last year after police won a civil action against him.

Officers’ bid to ban him from attending matches, particularly those involving Dundee and Dundee United, came after sheriffs failed to impose such an order.

In 2011, Gilchrist was part of a gang which had a “very unpleasant” mass brawl with Hamilton fans at a retail park next to the Accies’ New Douglas Park on December 3 that year.

His friends were said to have made what appeared to be Nazi salutes during the incident.

Sheriff Ray Small ordered each of the culprits to perform 250 hours of unpaid work.

Gilchrist then appeared at court in May 2014 and was fined £300 after invading the pitch at Dens Park to celebrate a goal with Dundee players.

A THIEF smashed patio doors to break into a home and steal £360 in cash and two watches.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard John Phinn, 40, committed the offence an hour after a botched attempt to break into another home.

Phinn first tried to break into a home belonging to Craig Gordon on Arisaig Gardens, Broughty Ferry, shortly after 10.30am on April 11.

Fiscal depute Sue Ruta said neighbours heard banging and went to investigate and saw Phinn at the back door. He had forced open a conservatory door and was attempting to force open the back door to the property’s kitchen.

The fiscal said: “The neighbour challenged the accused and he ran off.

“He caused £800 worth of damage to each door.”

Around an hour later Phinn was spotted peering through the window of a home belonging to Colin Chalmers at Greystane Road, Invergowrie.

The fiscal continued: “The accused went to the patio and the witness heard loud banging and contacted police. He was traced in a nearby shop in possession of a leather wallet containing £360 in cash.”

Mr Chalmers was contacted and returned home to find his patio doors smashed and his wallet missing and along with two watches, each worth £25.

Phinn admitted attempting to break into a house with intent to steal and theft by housebreaking, both on April 11.

He was jailed for 32 months.

The manager of an Indian restaurant in Dundee today told how the Paris attacks had led to “non-stop” racist abuse.

Mohammed Irfan Nazir, 21, of the West End, spoke out after a man was sentenced for hurling vile insults while at his Curry Junction staff.

The culprit was not jailed, but Mr Nazir said he was happy with the way the case had been dealt with by the courts.

And he revealed how the horrific events which unfolded in Paris last November had been followed by a spike in racist incidents.

He said: “Sometimes people are rude and aggressive.

“After the Paris attacks last year it was non-stop. People can be racist.

“Sometimes it’s because of alcohol and that’s a lot harder to judge. What the guy was saying was not necessarily what he believes.

“It’s something for the law to sort out.

“The important thing is that my staff feel safe at work, which is why I phoned the police at the time.

“I’m glad I was there to sort it and happy that the court has dealt with it.

“The sentence seems fitting to me — unpaid work is a good response as it was my staff who were abused.”

Joel Justice, 25, of Bellfield Road, went into the takeaway on Perth Road on April 29 and drunkenly ordered food before launching his racist tirade.

He called staff “pakis” and told them “you keep your women like slaves”.

Sheriff Alistair Brown imposed a community payback order with 135 hours unpaid work, two years’ supervision and an alcohol treatment requirement.

Justice pleaded guilty on summary complaint to a charge that on April 29 he acted in a racially aggravated manner intended to cause alarm and distress to Rifa Nezir and Rehan Khan by shouting racist remarks at them and regarding them.

A “deluded” man processed cheques as part of a £33k fraud scheme, believing his actions would release his own “prize fund”.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard Gerald Sunnie, 58, of Aboyne Avenue, fell victim to the scam when he received a “call from America” three or four years ago.

Giving evidence, Sunnie told the court a man who identified himself only as Robert told him he had won £200,000.

Sunnie said he had sent away a coupon from a magazine entering into a cash competition and believed the winning was a result of that.

He said: “I had a call from another gentleman who said I would receive the money in the post and I had to do something to receive it.

“I  began receiving cheques and had to deposit them.

“I put them into my bank account and the gentleman would phone me back later and tell me the people I had to send a transaction to through Western Union.”

Sunnie said he was allowed to keep £50-£100 per cheque and that he was told doing these transactions would avoid him paying tax on his own winnings.

Sunnie processed at least 48 cheques, which he accepted were criminal property.

The court heard the money came from other victims of the scam, who had been told they had won money and would receive funds if they paid out smaller amounts first.

In 2012 Sunnie was contacted by two local authority officials and police who all warned him they suspected he was involved in a scam.

His bank account was subsequently shut down.

He said: “I didn’t believe them. I was so sure I had won money – I thought it was all legal and above board.

“I didn’t think it was a scam, it seems like that now but I didn’t think it at the time.”

He then continued to process cheques from three elderly complainers, adding up to a total of £32,900, still believing he was to receive his own prize fund.

Sheriff Simon Collins said: “It is clear from his evidence he still believes and is hopeful that he will get his money.

“He is deluded or extremely naïve as any normal person would know this is clearly a scam.”

Sunnie was found guilty after trial of being concerned in an arrangement which he knew or suspected facilitated fraud, by accepting cheques into his own account from three complainers and sending some of the money onto an unknown person, between August 1, 2013, and August 12, 2014.

Sentence was deferred until August 26 for reports.

AN online date turned into a disaster when a woman lost the plot at her prospective beau – “ranting and raving” at him before hurling a concrete statue through the man’s car window.

Louise Black met the unnamed man on dating site Plenty of Fish before arranging to meet him on New Years Eve.

Dundee Sheriff Court was told the pair “got on very well” initially, with the man inviting Black back to his home on the Balcarres Estate near Colinsburgh, Fife.

He offered Black a drink – prompting her to “quickly consume quite a large amount”.

Fiscal depute Alan Kempton told Dundee Sheriff Court: “At that point she began speaking about family troubles and became emotional.

“She carried on in the same manner for the remainder of the evening.

“The complainer describes her as ranting and raving.

“Around 10.30pm the accused phoned her mother on her mobile phone and continued on the same vein about family troubles before throwing the phone to the floor.

“The man thought it was in her best interests that she went to bed.

“She went to sleep and awoke around 30 minutes later and immediately started ranting and raving again.

“She demanded that the man drive her to a friend’s house in Leven.

“He told her he had been drinking and said no.

“She then left and went outside.

“Once outside she began ranting and raving and picked up a concrete ornament and threw it at his Vauxhall Corsa car.

“It hit the passenger window, breaking it and causing damage to the bodywork to the value of around £1000.

“Police found her wandering down the road a short time later.

“She was described as drunk and agitated.”

Black, 41, of Ben Lomond View, Oakley, Fife, pleaded guilty on summary complaint to charges of behaving in threatening and abusive manner and vandalism.

Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC deferred sentence until next month for Black to appear in court in person.

A MAN has been jailed after he admitted two violent assaults on police officers.

Jaeron Ling, 28, who lives at Angus Cottages by Friockheim, launched the attacks at a flat in Arbroath High Street last summer.

One of the attacks resulted in the officer’s “severe injury”.

Ling was found guilty of four charges after trial at Dundee Sheriff Court and sentenced to 25 weeks in jail.

He was convicted of assaulting PC Charles Demore by struggling with him and causing him to fall against a door frame, to his injury.

He was also found guilty of assaulting PC Scott Hunter by struggling with him, to his severe injury.

Ling was found guilty of resisting four police officers by struggling violently with them and lashing out with his arms and legs.

He was further found guilty of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by shouting, swearing, uttering threats of violence and acting abusively towards police officers. All the offences took place on July 13 last year.

Earlier this year, Ling was banned from the roads for 12 months and handed unpaid work after being found guilty of driving at 82mph in a 40mph zone on the A92.

David Hamilton, chairman of the north area committee of the Scottish Police Federation — which represents officers — said: “Any type of violence and aggression towards those charged with upholding the law is utterly unacceptable. These two officers came to their work to protect members of the public, not be attacked and injured by one.

“We welcome this custodial sentence and hope that people realise that an attack on police officers is an attack on society itself.”

Independent Arbroath councillor David Fairweather said that such attacks on officers were unacceptable.

He told the Tele: “I would certainly condemn any incident in which a police officer is assaulted in the line of duty. It absolutely cannot be tolerated.

“I would be hoping that the officers, who were just trying to do a job — for which they are extremely well trained —have made a full recovery and have not suffered lasting damage.

“I’d also hope that the justice handed down from the courts is proportional to the harm inflicted on the officers.”

A manager at a Dundee building merchants embezzled more than £73,000.

Jonathan Green was a respected sales manager at Grahams Building Merchants when he carried out the year-long fraud.

The 45-year-old told two clients of the Faraday Street firm to transfer money — without them knowing it was into his own bank account.

Green told the clients that the account belonged to the firm and that the money was to help the firm reach a target and that they would “get a thank you”.

But, in reality, the bank details given to the firms were for his own personal account.

Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed told Dundee Sheriff Court Green was employed as a contract sales manager for the company at the time of the offence.

The fiscal said: “The accused approached two clients and asked them to pay into a different account, saying it would help meet a target.

“The account was actually his own.

“The first client paid £7,763 into the account and the second client paid £65,623.38 into the same account which the accused had said belonged to the firm.”

The embezzlement was discovered and police were informed.

Green later claimed he took the money because of “financial difficulties”.

The fiscal continued: “Inconsistencies in the paperwork were eventually found and he said he would sort it out.

“He later provided a handwritten letter of apology to the firm saying he was sorry for the way he acted.

“The accused was interviewed and admitted the embezzlement saying that he committed the offence out of financial difficulty.

“The money has since been repaid in full through payments by the accused and money taken out of his pension fund.”

Green, of Bractullo Gardens, Letham, Forfar, admitted that between August 1 2011 and July 27 2012, at Grahams Building Merchants, on Faraday Street, Dundee, while employed as a contract sales manager he embezzled £73,386.38.

Solicitor Ross Bennett, defending, said he understood this was “a matter that is obviously going to be of concern to this court”.

He added: “He is a genuine first offender and is now working for someone else in a responsible job… but whether that will be retained following these proceedings remains to be seen.”

Sheriff Lorna Drummond deferred sentence for social work reports. She said: “You pled guilty to this at the first opportunity. It is a very serious offence given the amounts involved, even though you have paid back the money in full.”

Sentence was deferred until August 30.

A teenager spent days in a high dependency unit after a driver crashed into a tree.

The boy was one of three passengers in a black Corsa driven by Peter Hutchison, 19.

Hutchison drove the car dangerously at excessive speed before crashing into a tree on Blackness Road, Dundee.

The boy was found lying in a garden between the car and a wall. He was taken to Ninewells Hospital and spent two days in high dependency with a punctured lung.

He also had two pelvic fractures and a ruptured spleen.

Another passenger suffered a broken rib.

At Dundee Sheriff Court, Hutchison, of James Blair Close, Errol, admitted one charge of dangerous driving causing serious injury.

Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed told the court Hutchison lost control of his car on Dura Street due to the speed he was driving and “wrestled with the steering” to regain control.

The fiscal said: “At Blackness Road the accused turned a bend at speed causing the car to move sideways.

“The accused lost control and struck a parked car, causing damage to both cars and causing the parked car to move 10 metres. The accused’s car came to rest on a tree.”

The teenager, who had been a passenger in the back of the car, was found lying in a garden.

Police arrived and he was taken to Ninewells Hospital.

The fiscal said: “He is still in pain and suffers from stiffness in his pelvis. He’s not allowed to do physical exercise at school in case he gets injured and has told police officers he suffers from nightmares.”

Hutchison admitted driving a car dangerously at Dura Street and Blackness Road on July 15 last year.

He admitted committing the offence, by repeatedly driving at excessive speed and losing control of his car, colliding with a tree and causing serious injury to passenger Kevin Murray and a teenager.

Sheriff Drummond said: “Although you are a first offender I do take this very seriously.”

Sentence was deferred until August 16 and Hutchison was disqualified from driving meantime.

A MAN injected himself with water in a Dundee supermarket, then threatened to stab staff with the syringe.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard Andrew Bryson, 38, also repeatedly poured hot water over his head and body during the incident at Lidl, Dura Street.

Fiscal Depute Saima Rasheed told the court Bryson was first spotted in the store at 4.15pm on May 15, adding: “A witness was watching CCTV and saw the accused acting suspiciously in the alcohol aisle. The witness made his way to the alcohol aisle, by which point the accused was at the front door.”

Both witnesses suspected Bryson of shoplifting and he was taken to the manager’s office to be searched, as is usual store procedure.

The fiscal continued: “The accused became increasingly agitated, particularly when he was informed the police were coming. He got up and walked over to a sink and began pouring hot water over his head.

“He pulled a needle and syringe from his pocket, filled it with water and injected himself in the hand with it.”

Bryson threatened to stab the witnesses then threw the needle at one of the staff members, narrowly missing them.

He also continued to scald himself with hot water.

Bryson, who admitted threatening and abusive behaviour and a charge of assault, had sentence deferred until August 30.

A driver who sped along a road at 115mph because he was annoyed at being cut up by another motorist has been fined £400 and had six penalty points imposed on his licence.

Marc Sivewright, 43, was spotted by officers in an unmarked police vehicle as he made his way along the A92 Dundee to Arbroath road.

The unmarked police car followed Sivewright’s vehicle for 1.43 miles — during which time he clocked an average of 115mph in 70mph, 60mph and 50mph zones.

The incident happened on Saturday March 19 at 5.45pm.

Previously, fiscal depute Trina Sinclair told the court police saw the accused approach in his vehicle and did a speed check before following him for a short distance.

The fiscal added: “They followed him for 1.43 miles, and over that distance he drove at an average of 115mph.”

He was stopped by officers and cautioned and charged, to which he gave no reply. Sivewright, of Carlogie, Carnoustie, admitted that he drove a car at 115mph while travelling on the A92 Dundee to Arbroath road, between Ethiebeaton and Carlungie, on March 19.

He drove at the excessive speed in 70mph, 60mph and 50mph zones.

A man smacked his partner’s head off a wall then a ceramic sink, causing her to fall to the floor.

Troy McRae, 28, carried out the attack on his then partner Sarah Marshall in her own home on Seacraig Court, Newport.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard the assault took place on May 29 last year following an argument between the pair at The Brig o’ Tay pub, Newport.

Fiscal depute Sue Ruta told the court the pair began a relationship four weeks prior to the offence.

Ms Marshall later told a paramedic she was unconscious as she fell but the court heard he could not find any medical evidence to support that.

She suffered a swollen right eye, two lumps on her head and bruising on her arms.

McRae, of Whitfield Gardens, admitted two charges of assault, one to injury and two charges of threatening behaviour.

He also admitted a charge of breach of bail conditions by being found in Ms Marshall’s home on October 27.

George Donnelly, defending, said: “This few moments of madness in this house is something he has never exhibited before or since.”

Sheriff Alastair Brown deferred sentencing until September 12.

A man who was convicted of setting fire to a car while it was parked outside the home of a Dundee police officer is appealing his conviction.

William Handy was found guilty after trial of setting the blaze outside a house in the Ballumbie area of the city in the summer of 2014.

The 54-year-old, of Middlebank Holding in Errol, committed the act outside the home of PC David Farr after believing he had been the subject of “unfair” harassment by police in the previous weeks.

His co-accused, Craig Guest, 32, of Nelson Street, Dundee, admitted the same offence during a trial at the High Court in Aberdeen.

Handy was sentenced to five years in jail for an offence that Lord Woolman said had been calculated to violate the officer’s home and private life. But now Handy is disputing that he was guilty of being involved in the fire in the first place.

His lawyer, George Donnelly, today told the Tele that a notice of intention to appeal the conviction had been lodged with the court.

He is now awaiting a judge’s report, which sets out the evidence led in the trial and his directions to the jury.

The report is designed to assist the appeal court in making its determination.

Guest was jailed for six years for the offence after the court heard that he had previous convictions, including serious assault.

In a letter he stated that he was “completely ashamed” of himself and was in a “desperate place” when the fire was set.

Defence counsel Gary Allan QC said Guest had been in debt at the time and was under pressure to repay it. His client had carried out the crime as a way of paying off the debt.

However, Mark Stewart QC, acting for Handy, said when his client was sentenced that he “maintains his position of innocence”.

Handy had denied the offence throughout the trial in Aberdeen.

However, Guest had pleaded guilty to fire-raising midway through the trial.

The court later heard how PC Farr had been left fearing for the safety of his family after the offence, and it had affected his health.

A MAN who supplied Class A and B drugs and promoted a “cannabis club” at a shop in Dundee has been jailed for 20 months.

Nikolas Brown, 24, of Laing Place, was given the prison sentence at Dundee Sheriff Court after admitting two charges against him.

He admitted being concerned in the supply of MDMA, a Class A drug, and cannabis, a Class B drug, at his home address, on September 1 last year.

The court heard police found more than £35,000 worth of cannabis at Brown’s home, along with £1,650 worth of MDMA.

Brown, who runs Dundee Cannabis Collective at Strathmartine Road, claimed the business only sold “medicinal oils”.

Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told the court Brown’s involvement in supplying drugs was discovered when a fire broke out at his house.

The fiscal said: “At 1.55pm on September 1 last year firefighters attended the address of the accused after reports of a fire within.

“The firefighters saw what appeared to be cannabis on open view in the living room, alongside rows of cash and called police.”

When police arrived they searched Brown’s home and found 2,354g of cannabis, 34g of MDMA, a tick list and four sets of scales.

Cash totalling £9,865 was also discovered from various locations in the living room.

An agent acting on Brown’s behalf said: “He is a young man who is a frequent user of cannabis, it’s part of his everyday life. He’s now paying the price for that and understands the seriousness of his actions.”

The court heard Brown had previous convictions for drug supply.

Sheriff Alastair Brown said: “This was not the typical commercial operation, but it was a commercial operation.

“It appears to have been done in response to his own drug debts.

“The difficulty is he went about it in a structured and commercial way which exposed other people to the risk of drug debts.”

The sheriff warned that anyone involved in the supply of drugs could expect to be treated “very seriously”.

Brown has previously campaigned for legalisation of cannabis and claims his store offers only legal items and medicinal advice.