Attacker Andrew Wood's £500 Facebook bribery attempt
A drunken Fife man who brutally assaulted a student later offered his terrified victim a £500 bribe to drop the charges against him. (...)
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Disgraced MP Jim Devine released on home curfew
The only Scottish MP jailed for fiddling his expenses has walked free after serving just four months. (...)
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Legal panel to review UK Supreme Court's 'interference' in Scots law
Scotland's finest legal minds are to be brought together to ensure the UK Supreme Court does not threaten the historic independence of Scots law. (...)
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Jan Wilson's killer fails in appeal against sentence
The killer of Angus jockey Jan Wilson has failed in a bid to have his sentence cut. (...)
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Drug user Andrew Thomson grew his own cannabis
A self-sufficient Pitlochry man who decided to branch out from growing his own vegetables to cultivating cannabis plants was fined £250 at Perth Sheriff Court. (...)
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Jail sentence for 'prolific offender' Kevin Paton
An Angus thief described by a sheriff as one of the county's most prolific criminals has been jailed for eight months. (...)
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Old Course clash forces name change in Florida
A golf course in Florida has been forced to change its name after the managers of St Andrews' Old Course threatened to sue over trademark infringement. (...)
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Letham Grange golfers vow to overcome latest 'challenge'
The club captain and committee say they are "hugely disappointed" by last week's decision to close the hotel and golf courses at Letham Grange. (...)
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Sudden closure of Letham Grange Hotel
An Angus golf and country estate boasting two 18-hole courses has closed with immediate effect because of a fresh legal contest over ownership. (...)
Sex offender Steven Paramore freed to await sentence
A high-risk sex offender has walked free from Perth Sheriff Court despite having pled guilty to possessing child pornography. (...)
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Family terrified by property developer Brian Stewart's driving
An Angus property developer has been banned from getting behind the wheel, after a winter dual carriageway road rage incident in his 4x4. (...)
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Neighbour from hell Francis McGourty admits flood 'aberration'
A neighbour from hell who caused £50,000 of damage to a former close friend's home by drilling a hole in the wall and flooding the foundations has admitted he suffered an "aberration." (...)
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Sex offender Arthur Davidson jailed over change of address
A Fife sex offender was jailed for four months after failing to inform the police of a change in his address. (...)
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Violent drink-driver Alan McCarthy avoids prison — for now
A driver who drunkenly careered into the path of a milkman and then violently assaulted the man after appearing to blame him for the accident has escaped a prison sentence. (...)
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Couple win windows case payout from Angus Joinery
A Broughty Ferry couple are entitled to £11,750 from the joinery company asked to install windows as a 40th anniversary present from the husband to his wife, a Dundee sheriff has ruled. (...)
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Asda and Tesco 'store wars' battle reaches court
Asda and Tesco have met in court in the battle for supermarket supremacy in Dundee. (...)
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Sheriff appalled by obscene text messages
A sheriff has expressed disgust over the nature of a string of offensive text messages a 59-year-old Angus man bombarded a woman with. (...)
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Father demands 'justice' for son Aaron Harvey
The father of a Perthshire teenager killed by a drugs overdose is demanding answers over how the subsequent police investigation was conducted. (...)
Luke Atherton jailed for under-age sex after rape claim
An Angus man who found himself the subject of a false rape allegation has been imprisoned for having unlawful sex with the 14-year-old girl who made the claim. (...)
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Man had shotgun in public as practical joke
An Eastern European migrant who waved a double-barrelled shotgun in an Angus street as a late-night practical joke has been fined £450 at Forfar Sheriff Court. (...)
