Man in court over Dens Road incident
A man has appeared in court after 10 police vehicles were spotted outside a Dundee flat. Anthony Hill, 43, of Dens Road, appeared in private at Dundee Sheriff Court. Hill made no plea or declaration in...
View ArticleWoman jailed for embezzling £60k from Dundee firm
A bookkeeper who embezzled £60,000 from her employer has been jailed for 18 months. Catherine Bryceland, 50, of Wellgrove Street, transferred money from the bank account of her employer — Raymond...
View ArticleTeen charged with attacking parents
A DUNDEE teenager has been charged with alleged attacks on his parents — which included use of a hammer. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly repeatedly hit his father on...
View ArticleStaff member accused of assaulting child at Dundee school
A member of staff at a special needs school is to stand trial accused of putting a pupil in a headlock during an incident. Audrey MacGilvray is alleged to have assaulted the child, who cannot be named...
View ArticleVeteran slammed over ‘crazy’ driving – 84mph in a 40mph zone
A WAR veteran who drove at more than twice the speed limit in Dundee was told by a sheriff that “it was lucky no one had been killed”. Alexander Gibson, 42, was caught travelling at 84mph in a 40mph...
View Article‘Evil’ father jailed for killing six-year-old daughter
“Evil” father Ben Butler has been jailed for life with a minimum term of at least 23 years for killing his six-year-old daughter in a fit of rage – 11 months after winning her back in a high-profile...
View ArticleTeenager jailed over wedding knife incident
A THUG who ruined a wedding reception when he turned up brandishing an eight-inch knife after a row with his dad during the festivities was today jailed. Liam McKnight flew into a rage after his father...
View ArticleKids’ swimming instructor caught with child sex abuse images
A SCOUTS assistant leader and disabled kids’ swimming instructor is facing jail after he admitted downloading a stash of child sex abuse images. Andrew Gray – a special olympics gold medallist who now...
View ArticleMan locked up for assault at city pub
A MAN was left needing stitches after he was attacked outside the pub where he regularly drinks. Harry Finnegan, 20, attacked Kevin Simpson, 48, after he asked one of Finnegan’s friends to take a glass...
View ArticleWoman tells court of car blaze drama
The wife of a Dundee police officer has spoken of the moment her husband tried to battle the flames coming from her car after it was allegedly set on fire. Joanne Farr, 35, who works as a fingerprint...
View ArticleCharges denied by ‘sex offender’ at Dundee sheriff court
A man allegedly moved house twice without complying with an order to inform police as part of his sex offender registration. Colin Smith, 33, of Salvation Army Hostel, Ward Road, is legally required to...
View ArticleCar belonging to policeman’s wife torched for cash, court told
A man accused of conspiring to set fire to a car he believed belonged to a policeman admitted he’d torched the vehicle for money to put his son through nursery, a trial has heard. But Craig Guest, 32,...
View ArticleMan drove off with caravan at Caird Park carnival
A man has been jailed after he drove off with a caravan from a carnival with all of the owners’ belongings inside. Kenneth Williamson, 31, of Lulworth Court, hooked up the caravan to his own car at...
View ArticleMan jailed for £100k cannabis farm
A MAN who was caught running a £100,000 cannabis farm in his flat has been jailed for two years and eight months. Jay Potter’s home in a quiet residential area of Forfar was raided by police after a...
View ArticleSoldier avoids jail after rape threats to woman on Tinder
A soldier who sent a string of rape threats to a woman via dating app Tinder today avoided a jail term. Nathan Brown admitted sending a series of explicit, “extremely sexual” messages through the app....
View ArticleBetter’s boozy brawl with police after Cheltenham Festival win
A man got so drunk after blowing his winnings from the Cheltenham Festival that he ended up in a rammy with police. Andrew Penman, 26, was fined £350 at Dundee Sheriff Court after getting aggressive...
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Man accused of torching car ‘was subject of police disruption tactics’
A MAN accused of conspiring to set fire to a car he believed a police officer owned was subjected to “disruption” tactics, a court has heard. William Handy, 53, of Middlebank Holding, Errol, denies...
View ArticleMan charged with assault on postie in Dundee street
A MAN has been charged with an alleged attack on a postman on a Dundee street. Adam Bedawi, 39, of Tullideph Road, is accused of punching Royal Mail worker Daniel Glass on the head while he was on his...
View ArticleMan admits setting fire to car at police officer’s house
A Dundee man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a car that belonged to a police officer’s wife — while it sat in the couple’s driveway. Craig Guest, 32, of Nelson Street, admitted at the High Court...
View ArticleMan’s tears during trial over car ‘fire’
A MAN accused of setting fire to a car belonging to a police officer’s wife broke down in tears at court. William Handy, 54, of Middlebank Holding, Errol, was appearing at the High Court in Aberdeen...
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