Man denies he caused ex fear
A DUNDEE man allegedly sent gifts to his ex-partner, returned letters to her, and repeatedly phoned her. Andrew McIntosh, 62, of Millbay Gardens, also allegedly attended at his former partner Linda...
View ArticlePrison for man who grew £24k of drugs in attic
A man and his stepson who were both involved in drugs have been jailed for a total of more than four years. Derek Adam, 43, was jailed for three years for growing cannabis. His stepson Jake Thomson,...
View ArticleMan hurled racist abuse at Dundee takeaway staff
A man told takeaway workers to “go back to their own country” as he waited for food at a Dundee curry shop. Joel Justice, 25, also spouted racist abuse to staff in Curry Junction on the city’s Perth...
View ArticleMan facing jail after being caught with weapons at airport
A Dundee man is facing three years in jail after being caught with a stash of offensive weapons at Edinburgh Airport. Kevin McKell, of Greenbank Place, was found to have three CS gas canisters, seven...
View ArticleMan kicked ex in head as she cleaned up glass he smashed
A DUNDEE man kicked his former partner on the head as she cleaned up broken glass from a lightbulb he drunkenly smashed in her kitchen. Richard Saunders, 47, pushed Heather Scott to the ground before...
View ArticleAccused denies bursting into gran’s home and robbing her
A MAN allegedly burst into his grandmother’s home and robbed her of £50. Kevin McLean, 31, will stand trial at Dundee Sheriff Court. McLean denies forcing entry into a flat at Strathmore Street and...
View ArticleDrugs raid accused ‘tried to swallow heroin’
A WOMAN who was arrested during an alleged drugs raid in Dundee faces a claim that she tried to swallow an illegal substance to hide it from police. Officers targeted a property in the city on Tuesday...
View ArticlePolice union condemns pair who torched car outside officer’s house
The body that represents police officers today described the actions of two criminals who targeted one of its members as “appalling.” William Handy, 54, of Errol, and Craig Guest, 32, of Dundee, were...
View ArticleMan jailed for sneaking into woman’s home and sexually assaulting her
A man who snuck into a woman’s home and sexually assaulted her as she slept has been jailed for 18 months at Dundee Sheriff Court. James Dutracy, 30, previously admitted entering the woman’s home, in...
View ArticleTwo charged over ‘housebreaking’ in the Hilltown
Two men are due to appear in court following an alleged housebreaking in Dundee. The incident is alleged to have happened in the Hilltown area of the city in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday)....
View ArticleMan admits unprovoked attack which left victim permanently scarred
A thug left a stranger permanently scarred after an unprovoked attack in a Dundee nightclub. Greg Turner admitted the assault on Josh Waterson at Liquid nightclub on the city’s South Ward Road in...
View ArticleMan jailed after hitting ex’s mum
A MAN who punched his ex-partner’s mother in the face has been jailed for seven months. Peter Kelly originally denied the charge, as well as destroying the lock on the door and damaging the door frame...
View ArticleVictim of attack needed surgery
A WOMAN will be sentenced next month after she admitted an attack which left her victim in need of surgery. Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Laura Jean McLellan, 21, of Moathill East in Cupar, assaulted...
View ArticleMan in court accused of killing Nigel Poustie
A man has appeared in court accused of killing a Dundee man by repeatedly exposing him to “burning liquid or steam on his head and body”. Mark Anderson, 50, appeared in private on petition today at...
View ArticleMan accused of rapes and assaults including attack on pregnant woman
A MAN is to stand trial accused of a horrific catalogue of rapes, violent assaults and sex attacks, including an allegation that he so violently attacked a pregnant woman that she had a miscarriage....
View ArticleCannabis club boss facing jail over £35k of drugs found at home
POLICE uncovered more than £35,000 worth of cannabis at the home of a man who previously promoted a drugs club at his Dundee shop. At Dundee Sheriff Court Nikolas Brown, 24, of Laing Place, admitted a...
View ArticleFormer Dundee garage owner admits two sexual assaults
A former Dundee mechanic sexually assaulted two women he met at his garage. George MacNeil, who formerly ran George’s Autos on Clepington Road was today placed on the Sex Offenders Register after...
View ArticleMan assaulted former partner
A man trapped his former partner in their home then beat and injured her. William Burns, 35, a prisoner at Perth, had sentence deferred at Dundee Sheriff Court. Burns admitted assaulting Angela Fleming...
View ArticleCharlie Kean denies stalking ex-partner
A well-known children’s charity campaigner in Dundee has appeared at the city’s Sheriff Court charged with stalking. Charles, known as Charlie, Kean, 54, of Ancrum Gardens denied one charge against...
View ArticleLittle Liam’s killers to appeal against murder convictions
‘Monster mum’ Rachel Trelfa and her civil partner Nyomi Fee are to ask for their murder convictions to be overturned. Trelfa, 31, and Fee, 29, have both lodged notices of appeal with the High Court of...
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