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Updated: 03/02/2021, 8:37 pm © DCT Media Jason Grant A serial car thief has been jailed after he took north-east cops on a terrifying drink and drug-fuelled high-speed car chase. Officers were forced to push Jason Grant’s vehicle off the road using “tactical contact” in order to end the chase. The 23-year-old – who was said to have a “disgraceful catalogue” of previous driving convictions was told it had been “extraordinary no one was injured”. Grant, who was under the influence at the time, was pursued by police through the streets of Aberdeen in the early hours of the morni...

Updated: February 3, 2021, 8:38 pm © Kenny E;rick/ DC Thomson Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard Jason Grant had a catalogue of past driving convictions. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A serial car thief has been jailed after he took north-east cops on a terrifying drink and drug-fuelled high-speed car chase. Officers were forced to push the Jason Grant’s vehicle off the road using “tactical contact” in order to en...

© Kenny Elrick/ DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An office manager broke down in the dock yesterday as she was jailed for embezzling more than £200,000 from her work to feed her gambling addiction. Louise Myles, who admitted making more than 1,000 fraudulent transactions over nearly four years, had handled property management firm BMF Group’s finances and bookkeeping since 2012. And yesterday the 42-year...

Gambling addict jailed after embezzling £210,000 from north-east firm Updated: 02/02/2021, 6:10 pm © Supplied by Facebook Louise Myles. An office manager broke down in the dock as she was jailed for embezzling more than £200,000 from her work to feed her gambling addiction. Louise Myles, who admitted making more than 1,000 fraudulent transactions over nearly four years, had handled property management firm BMF Group’s finances and bookkeeping since 2012. And yesterday the 42-year-old was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for taking a total of £210,000 from the H...

North-east thief jailed after stealing cash from elderly woman making him a cup of tea © Darrell Benns / DCT Media Aberdeen Sheriff Court A thief who stole money from an elderly woman’s purse as she made him a cup of tea has been jailed. Robert Mearns carried out a series of thefts in Aberdeen under the guise of selling cigarettes. At the city’s sheriff court he pleaded guilty to seven charges of theft, with the amount stolen totalling nearly £1,000, while on bail. The court heard the 36-year old targeted older people and the vulnerable in order to feed his £40-a-day drug habit.