Drunk soldier who drove 120mph wrong way on Tay Bridge is banned
A Black Watch soldier who drove over the wrong side of the Tay Road Bridge at speeds up to 120mph has been banned from the road. Daniel McLean, 24, was given a two year driving ban and fined £300 at...
View ArticlePolice hail Sentence for ‘obsessive and controlling’ domestic abuser
Police have hailed the 35-month sentence handed out to domestic abuser Kevin McCallum, after he was found guilty of a number of assaults and stalking offences. Detective Inspector Muriel Fuller of the...
View ArticleHealth & safety worker injured as hand crushed
A health and safety worker had his hand crushed in a veneer press at a Dundee-based company, the city’s sheriff court heard today. James Doig had his right hand crushed, to his severe injury, permanent...
View ArticleFirm fined £200k after Tay Rail Bridge worker dies
A FATHER of two working on the Tay Rail Bridge died due to a string of health and safety failings by his employers, a court heard. David Rodger died after being exposed to toxic vapours during...
View ArticleCourt shown footage of naked man going on rampage at Dundee Toys R Us
A naked man swung a cricket bat at individuals who tried to grab a child from his arms, which he had abducted from a Dundee toy shop. This was one of the shocking scenes Dundee Sheriff Court was shown,...
View ArticleDriver ‘deliberately reversed into police car’
A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been charged over claims he deliberately reversed into a police car and nearly struck an officer. It is alleged that PC Simon Lee was in the process of getting out of his vehicle...
View ArticleVictim needed surgery after attack by thug
A MAN repeatedly hit another man on the head, leaving him with two facial fractures and needing surgery. Robert Williamson, 38, of Ballindean Road, was jailed for 17 months at Dundee Sheriff Court....
View ArticleMan in court charged with Menzieshill flats murder
A 24-year-old Latvian man has appeared in private in Dundee Sheriff Court charged with the murder of another man in the city last week. Aldis Minakovskis of Thurso Crescent is accused of stabbing...
View ArticleJail for pervert who hid cameras in shower gel tubs
A man who hid cameras inside shower gel tubs to film women and children in a bathroom has been jailed for four years. Kevin Enticknap, 42, was locked up by Sheriff Elizabeth Munro at Dundee Sheriff...
View ArticleWoman rumbled over £32k benefit scam by Facebook post
A Dundee woman who raked in £32,000 in single person tax credits was caught after benefits bosses saw a Facebook post about her wedding anniversary. Margaret Grieve fraudulently claimed working and...
View ArticleMan charged after £1,200 of cocaine seized
A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been charged after more than £1,000 of cocaine was allegedly seized from a Kirkton home. Police stormed an address at Kirkton Crescent as part of what they said was their...
View ArticleWoman, 56, jailed over £27k benefits scam
A Dundee woman who fraudulently claimed £27,000 benefits has been jailed for one year. Anita Brown, 56, of Britannia Drive, was handed the sentence after admitting benefit fraud at Dundee Sheriff...
View ArticleMan stalked ex and threatened to kill her new partner
A man stalked his ex and threatened to kill her new partner, in a supermarket car park in Dundee. Mark Dowie, 45, was today placed on a non harassment order by Dundee Sheriff Court after admitting...
View ArticleMan, 37, accused of 23 sex offences
A DUNDEE man is to stand trial in court on 23 sex charges — including raping and sexually assaulting children. Derek Gall, whose address was given as Brougham Gardens, is accused of carrying out...
View ArticleMan loses two fingers after hand is crushed in workplace accident
A man lost two of his fingers after his hand was crushed in a veneer press at a Dundee-based company. Dundee Sheriff Court heard that James Doig had the two middle fingers of his right hand amputated...
View ArticleTeenager faces charge he started fire at shop
A TEENAGER is set to stand trial accused of setting a fire at a Dundee shop. Connor Mackintosh, 19, of Transform, in the city’s Jessie Devlin Close House, appeared in court to face two charges of...
View ArticleLochee flats incident: Man, 18, admits breach of peace after police called to...
A teenager has pleaded guilty to a breach of the peace after shouting and swearing at police officers who were called to a party. Eyewitnesses told how police descended on Elders Court in Lochee after...
View ArticleMan, 54, who punched taxi driver ordered to pay £10 compensation
A man who got out of a taxi without paying the fare, then punched the driver when he asked for the money, was made to pay compensation. Alan McRae, 54, of Kerrystone Court, was made to pay £10.46...
View ArticleMan jailed after slashing incident in Dundee Tesco car park
A man who slashed another man’s neck in a Dundee supermarket car park has been jailed. Edward Ward was jailed for 46 months at the Sheriff Court today with a one year supervised release order to follow...
View ArticleWoman spat and swore at Ninewells Hospital A&E nurse
A drunken woman lashed out and spat at a nurse who was trying to help her. Dundee Sheriff Court heard Tracy Balfour, 42, committed the assault at A&E, Ninewells Hospital. Balfour, of Kinbrae Park,...
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