Pair engaged in sex act on bench in front of office workers
Two teenagers engaged in a sex act on a public bench in front of a busy block of offices. Dundee Sheriff Court heard an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old female engaged in a sex act on a bench on a...
View ArticleVegan accused care home of poisoning residents
A VEGAN shouted that staff were “poisoning” residents at a care home by feeding them chocolate. Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Duncan McLaren, 37, shouted obscenities at staff at Linlathen...
View ArticleSex offender caught with child porn videos
A CONVICTED sex offender was caught with child porn videos. Neil Goodwill, 68, of Westfield Lane, was previously placed on a 10 year sexual offences prevention order (SOPO). But Dundee Sheriff Court...
View ArticleTeenager admits headbutting police officer at court
A TEENAGER who headbutted and repeatedly punched a police officer in a court building is behind bars. The 16-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, carried out the assault on PC Gwen...
View ArticleConvicted stalker jailed for three years
A man who gripped a woman in a headlock in front of her son has been jailed for three years. Dundee Sheriff Court heard the boy thought his mum was dead after Brian Edwards released his grip and the...
View ArticleSex offender gets ten years in jail for raping schoolgirl
A high risk sex offender was jailed for 10 years today after raping a schoolgirl and trying to rape another victim. Derek Gall, 36, preyed on children during an eight-year catalogue of abuse and plied...
View ArticleMan admits throwing bottle which left woman disfigured
A 28-year-old man has admitted throwing a bottle in a Dundee nightclub, which hit a woman on the head. Francis Monaghan, of Ochil Crescent, Stirling, pleaded guilty to one charge on indictment at...
View ArticleMan jailed over theft of sex toys from Dundee home
A man who stole sex toys from a city flat has been jailed for 15 months. Charles Jamieson, 35, admitted at Dundee Sheriff Court that he stole adult items from a property on Constitution Street. The...
View ArticleWoman charged over ‘dog attack’
A WOMAN has been charged in connection with an alleged dog attack on a Dundee street. The alleged victim was walking along the city’s Old Craigie Road when the incident is said to have taken place....
View ArticleMan faces eight sex charges
A 25-YEAR-OLD man faces eight sex charges involving children. Michael Grimes will stand trial at Dundee Sheriff Court. He denies eight charges against him, all of which are of a sexual nature involving...
View ArticleMan brandished knife at youths who tried to force his way into his flat
A man who brandished a knife at a rioting mob of youths has been admonished after a sheriff ruled he was acting in defence of his pregnant sister. The group of up to 30 youths repeatedly pushed...
View ArticlePair face trial charged with murdering woman and chopping up body
TWO people are to stand trial charged with murdering a woman and chopping up her body. Steven Jackson, 40, and Michelle Higgins, 28, are accused of killing Kimberley MacKenzie at a flat in Montrose,...
View ArticleMan guilty of child sex offences in Dundee
A 56-year-old man has been found guilty of five charges involving children at Dundee Sheriff Court. A jury found Stewart King, of Forres Avenue, guilty of three child assault charges, engaging in...
View ArticleMan who brandished knife tells of ‘constant abuse’ from rioting youths
A MAN who was admonished for brandishing a knife at a group of rioting youths has spoken of the “constant abuse” he received in the run-up to the incident. Matthew McLaughlan, 31, admitted at Dundee...
View ArticleMan threatened to throw woman out of Dundee hotel window
A 51-year-old man threatened to throw his partner out of a hotel window. William Carmichael, of Blackwood Avenue, Linwood, Renfrewshire, admitted three charges against him at Dundee Sheriff Court. He...
View ArticleFour appear in Dundee Sheriff Court over ‘drugs’ find
Two pensioners and a pair in their 30s appeared in private at Dundee Sheriff Court today, charged with dealing drugs. It followed a police operation in the St Mary’s area of the city on Friday, when...
View ArticleMan facing string of sex allegations
A Tayside man has been charged with a string of sexual offences, including rape. Scott Williams is facing a total of 10 allegations, which also include abduction and possessing extreme porn. The...
View ArticleThug glassed former colleague on night out in Dundee
A thug glassed a man at a city centre pub — months after he had glassed his own partner in a Dundee clubbie. Sean McLeod, 28, was jailed for 35 months after admitting two assault charges at Dundee...
View ArticleMan in court over ‘attempted armed robbery’ in street
A man has been charged following an alleged attempted armed robbery in a northern Fife town. Two males were held after police were called to a street in Cupar late last month. One was charged with two...
View ArticlePolice officers allegedly abducted by woman in house
A woman has been charged with abducting Tayside police officers. It’s alleged that the officers were detained inside a property by Cheyrell Davie while they were there investigating a separate matter....
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