Teenage child sex offender spared prison
A TEENAGE sex offender who preyed on younger children was spared a jail sentence after a judge told him he considered it was important he continued to get treatment. The youth, who cannot be...
View ArticleMan emailed revenge porn images of woman
A man sent sexual pictures of a woman to someone else after hacking her email accounts. Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Gordon Sime sent an explicit picture of the woman’s private parts to a man on a...
View ArticleStalker strangled ex-partner in front of child
A MAN strangled a woman in front of a child and then went on to stalk her. Dundee Sheriff Court heard the youngster “gently shook her” for a few minutes before she awoke “dazed and confused”. The court...
View ArticlePair face court on drugs charges
A man and a woman are facing court today on drugs charges after a large police presence was reported in Dundee’s Brown Constable Street on Sunday. Police confirmed the arrests and that the pair would...
View ArticleShop worker admits taking £2,500 from M&S tills
A shop worker has admitted taking £2,500 from the tills in the space of a month. Aaran Hill, 30, of Craigmount Road, had sentence deferred until February 12 at Dundee Sheriff Court. Hill admitted...
View ArticleMasked gunmen jailed for robbing teenagers in woods
Three masked gunmen who robbed a group of teenagers who were camping in a Dundee wood, were jailed at the city’s sheriff court today. Kieran McIntyre, 20, Liam Scott, 19, and Adam Parkin, 19, were all...
View ArticleSheriff wants pub shut after CCTV showed attack victim ignored by staff
A SHERIFF called for a pub to be shut down – after horror CCTV footage showed bar staff walking around a man who had been brutally attacked and left seriously hurt on the floor instead of helping him....
View ArticleDundee brothel gang smashed in raid on people traffickers
Police today revealed how they snared an organised crime group who were trafficking people around Tayside for prostitution. Jose Barbosa pocketed more than £150,000 from the scheme, which involved...
View ArticleMan jailed for stripping naked and abducting boy in Toys ‘R Us
A man who stripped naked in a Dundee toy store on Easter Sunday before abducting a six-year-old boy then battering the terrified child’s grandmother with a cricket bat has been sentenced to three years...
View ArticleMan on assault charge after police called to party
A MAN has been charged with assault after police were called to attend a party at a flat. Officers were called to an address in Dundee’s Menzieshill at the weekend following reports of “loud music”...
View ArticleEx-Dundee owner Jimmy Marr cleared of pub attack on OAP
Former Dundee FC owner Jimmy Marr walked free from court today after being found not guilty of assaulting a 75-year-old woman. Marr was charged with throwing two drinks over the elderly woman and...
View ArticleJimmy Marr’s relief at being cleared of pub attack on OAP
FORMER Dundee FC owner Jimmy Marr today said he was delighted to walk free from court after he was cleared of assaulting a 75-year-old woman. Mr Marr was charged with throwing two drinks over the...
View ArticleMen sentenced for £135k heroin haul
Two men were jailed for four years each on Wednesday after police made seizures of heroin worth more than £130,000 following two separate police raids in Dundee. David Lynn was found with almost a kilo...
View ArticleMan who hit OAP with basket in Tesco could be admonished
A man who hit an 83-year-old double amputee with a shopping basket was today told he might be admonished for the crime. Sheriff Alistair Carmichael told Murray Dewar, 45, that if he was of good...
View ArticleMan ‘broke into hotel room and stole vehicle from car park’
A MAN has been charged after he allegedly broke into a room at a Dundee hotel, stole car keys then nicked a vehicle from the car park. John Forbes, 35, of no fixed abode, appeared in private at Dundee...
View ArticleGirl, 16, headbutted police officer in court
A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl headbutted and repeatedly punched a police officer in a court building. The teenager — who cannot be named for legal reasons — carried out the assault on PC Gwen Louden at...
View ArticleEx-teacher found with second child porn stash
An ex-teacher has been found with a stash of child porn for the second time. Robert Lightband, who was a senior history teacher at Menzieshill High School, avoided a jail term in 2002 when he was found...
View ArticleThug, 24, jailed for punching girlfriend in street
A yob who punched his girlfriend unconscious following an attack in the city centre has been locked up for 17 months. Andrew Adamson, 24, was jailed at Dundee Sheriff Court after admitting assault and...
View ArticleMan attacked friends who shaved off his eyebrow
A MAN attacked four of his friends — after they shaved off one of his eyebrows at a party. Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Colin McComiskie, 22, punched, slapped and pushed his friends when he awoke to...
View ArticleWoman placed baby in Toys R Us display pram and walked out of shop
A woman walked into a Dundee shop, placed a baby in a pram, and then pushed the pram out of the shop. Dundee Sheriff Court heard the pram Terri Ewan, 31, stole from Toys R Us was worth £300. Fiscal...
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