Nurse given driving ban after crash kills cyclist
A Dundee nurse who killed a cyclist as she overtook a lorry has been given a driving ban. Dundee Sheriff Court heard Jessica Hedley, 25, tried to save David Christie, 49, by giving him first aid after...
View ArticleFootballer jailed for breaking opponent’s jaw
A FOOTBALLER who hit his opponent with a “reckless” late tackle before breaking his jaw when he reacted has been jailed. Ross Sinclair was playing for Plough Athletic against Queen Anne FC in the...
View ArticleWoman in court charged with murder of Marie Low
A WOMAN appeared in court today accused of murdering a mother-of-three by stabbing her to death in the street. Marie Low, 36, was allegedly knifed in Dundee’s Ballantrae Terrace around 3pm on Sunday....
View ArticleWoman guilty of two assaults on child
A WOMAN has been found guilty of two child assault charges at Dundee Sheriff Court. Michelle Barker, 38, of Moncur Crescent, was found guilty after trial of assaulting a child. She allegedly committed...
View ArticleThief accused police officer of being al Qaida member
A THIEF accused a police officer of being a member of al Qaida then spat at him. Frank Watt, 29, of Pitalpin Court, also threatened PC Jaspal Chita with violence, saying he was “going to get” the...
View ArticleMan told police of ‘gun attack’
A man falsely told police he had been the victim of an attack by an assailant with a gun. Liam Gray told PC Louise Taylor that he had been attacked by an unknown man — then stated the perpetrator had...
View ArticleWoman admits £56,000 benefit fraud
A Dundee woman fraudulently claimed more than £56,000 of benefits. Helen Habblett, 51, of Bellisle Drive, repeatedly lied to benefit offices over a four-year period. Dundee Sheriff Court heard Habblett...
View ArticleYouth had sex with child near college
A 17-YEAR-OLD youth had sex with a child on a grassy area outside a Dundee college building. Dundee Sheriff Court heard that the male, who cannot be named for legal reasons, repeatedly asked the child...
View ArticleKnife man told wife to ‘end his life now’
A DISTRAUGHT husband grabbed his wife by the hair, held a knife up to her and told her to “end his life”. Dundee Sheriff Court heard Archibald Drummond’s actions took place moments after his wife...
View ArticleNo return to prison after assault thug wins appeal
A THUG who permanently disfigured a man in an attack outside a Dundee bar has had his sentence quashed. Harry Finnegan, 21, attacked Kevin Simpson, 48, after he asked one of Finnegan’s pals to take a...
View ArticleDad of tragic Dundee tot Brandon Muir sent to prison
The father of deceased toddler Brandon Muir has been jailed for beating a man and his son unconscious outside a Dundee pub. John Garty – also known as John Muir – was jailed for three years and seven...
View ArticleDrink-driving OAP struck pedestrian on busy city road
A PENSIONER got behind the wheel of his car while nearly three times the drink-driving limit — and knocked over a pedestrian on a busy Dundee street. James Clark, 76, of Rodd Road, in the Maryfield...
View ArticleWoman jailed for assault on mother-to-be
A woman who was repeatedly punched and slapped while pregnant has welcomed the jail term handed out to her attacker. Jennifer McIlravey, 35, was jailed for nine months at Dundee Sheriff Court for...
View ArticleBeauty pageant winner, 22, ‘bottled’ by woman
A DUNDEE man who won a UK-wide beauty pageant was bottled by a woman at a nightclub in the city. Reigning Mr British Empire, Brett Walker, was attacked by Amelia Craig at Liquid nightclub. Brett, 22,...
View ArticleWoman found injured dies in hospital
The woman who was found seriously injured in St Andrews has died in hospital, prompting police to say they are now treating the case as murder. Police Scotland say 50-year-old Elizabeth Bowe was...
View ArticleThief accused police officer of being al Qaida member
A THIEF accused a police officer of being a member of al Qaida then spat at him. Frank Watt, 29, of Pitalpin Court, also threatened PC Jaspal Chita with violence, saying he was “going to get” the...
View ArticleMan filmed himself during sex assaults
A BINMAN plied two men with alcohol then filmed himself sexually assaulting them as they slept. John Worsley, 44, assaulted his victims on two separate occasions at his home in Pitkerro Road, Dundee....
View ArticleDundee nightclub sex attacker spent months on the run
A man who carried out two sex attacks in a Dundee nightclub spent seven months on the run — after fleeing to his native Romania. Marius Ropota, 34, sexually assaulted two teenagers in January last year...
View ArticleDundee woman bit chunk out of partner’s lip and tore policeman’s trousers
A woman downed a litre bottle of vodka then bit a chunk out of her boyfriend’s lip on a Dundee street. Stacey Reid, 24, left her boyfriend Ross Gourlay bleeding profusely from the mouth after she...
View ArticleMan left partner bruised in attack
An offshore worker who threw a remote control at his partner and assaulted her had sentence deferred at Dundee Sheriff Court. Stephen Cook, 34, of Mintlaw Park, admitted that, on August 12 this year,...
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