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Every weekday, the Crime and Courts team provides a round-up of the cases heard in the courts of Tayside and Fife.
Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A 21-year-old man who kicked in the door of someone who complained about noise from a lockdown Angus party has been jailed. Jordan Bruce was drinking with friends at the house in Montrose on March 21 last year – five days after the UK public were urged to stay at home to help beat coronavirus. The Christies Lane bash took place two days before tough lockdown restrictions officially came into place. But a neighbour who was unhappy about the gathering and the level of noise c...
© DC Thomson & Co. Ltd. Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A predatory dark web Angus paedophile has been given a seven-month sentence for breaching a court order imposed over a previous indecent images offence. John Johnstone appeared by video link at Forfar Sheriff Court from Perth prison, where he is currently serving a 40-month jail term. Johnstone, 43, previously admitted breaching a community payback order imposed in 2019 after he was found with memory card containing indecent images of children. At tha...
Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A trouser-dropping Angus man has been jailed for his “terrifying” conduct in front of local supermarket staff. Forfar Sheriff Court heard Joseph Bryden was involved in shocking incidents in separate shops on consecutive days last May. He was under the influence of prescription medication and illicit drugs and could not remember anything about what happened. Bryden, of Traill Terrace, Montrose admitted breaching the peace at Home Bargains in the town’s Brechin Road on Ma...
© Supplied by Google Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A danger driver who twice led police on high-speed pursuits through Angus towns has been jailed for his “utterly outrageous” behaviour behind the wheel. Jordan Ferguson forced one female police officer to dodge clear as he reversed towards her in an Arbroath dead-end street. Just two months earlier, he had careered through a red light after topping 60 miles per hour during a Brech...