Elgin asbestos firm fined £8k after worker fell through garage roof
Updated: 19/07/2021, 5:30 pm
Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
An asbestos removal firm has been hit with a heavy fine after one of its workers was severely injured when he fell through a roof.
Elgin company NJS Scotland admitted failing to provide a safe working environment for the employee who plummeted through a garage roof in Inverurie while carrying out replacement work in 2017.
The company, which recently filed for voluntary liquidation, pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to ensure proper safety planning and supervision was carried out.
It was punished with an £8,000 fine at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
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Updated: 17/07/2021, 3:41 pm
Stuart Wyness leaving Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
A north-east man has admitted subjecting his wife to nearly a year of abuse in which he spat at her and shook her “like a rag doll”.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard how Stuart Wyness, 65, carried out both verbal and physical abuse against his wife – often leaving her “terrified” within their home.
Wyness, an electrician, called the woman “ignorant”, “glaikit” and a “useless lump” while also grabbing her by the neck and throwing household items at her between July 2019 and May 2020.
The court also heard that during one argument he threw a knife at her feet.
Updated: July 17, 2021, 11:41 am
Ana Duarte.
A “despicable” north-east carer who stole from vulnerable pensioners, including a 90-year-old woman, has been jailed.
Ana Duarte, who was employed by Allied Healthcare at the time, took advantage of her position to steal money, cash tins, wallets, purses, and keys from vulnerable people who required homecare.
The 45-year-old targeted people who she was supposed to be caring for, as well as those she had previously been a carer to, across Fraserburgh, Strichen and New Pitsligo.
Duarte even stole a purse and £120 from a 90-year-old in a sheltered housing complex while posing as a carer to con her way inside.
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