Big Issue seller jailed for 'despicable' bank card theft
A Big Issue seller who befriended a ''vulnerable'' woman and illegally used her bank card has been sent to prison for eight months for a crime described by a sheriff as ''despicable''. (...)
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Thieves take cigarettes worth £4,000 in early-morning Broughty Ferry shop raid
Police are on the hunt for two men following the theft of over £4,000 of cigarettes from a Broughty Ferry shop. (...)
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Thieves steal 90-year-old man's high-value antiques in Broughty Ferry break-in
A frail 90-year-old man has had tens of thousands of pounds worth of his property stolen in a cruel break-in in Broughty Ferry. (...)
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Children sent home after break-in at Blairhall Primary School
Thieves have stolen valuable electrical equipment from Blairhall Primary School. (...)
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'They ruined my life' — pensioner's savings stolen by woman she 'treated like a daughter'
A heartbroken pensioner who was robbed of thousands of pounds by a close family friend as she lay paralysed in hospital says: "They ruined my life." (...)
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£30,000 of van parts stolen in raid on Dundee delivery business
A Dundee parcel delivery company has had expensive parts stolen from its fleet of new vans. (...)
Romanian gang behind high-tech computer games theft jailed ahead of deportation proceedings
An organised gang of shoplifters used sophisticated electronic devices to steal computer games worth hundreds of pounds from Tesco stores in Dundee, the sheriff court has heard. (...)
Bogus workman stole £1,600 from 87-year-old woman
A bogus workman claiming to be looking for gardening work targeted two elderly women in their homes, one aged 87 and the other 77, stealing £1,600 from the older pensioner. (...)
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'The area's full of pirates' — Lochee scrap metal dealer's truck stolen in raid
A Dundee scrap dealer says he was sickened to find thieves had smashed their way into his locked garage to steal a truck. (...)
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Not even children's playparks are safe from metal thieves
Metal thieves have reached a new low by targeting a Dundee playpark — and putting children's safety at risk. (...)
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'Lowest of the low' — lord provost furious after second theft from pensioner in a week
Dundee Lord Provost John Letford says the man who burst past an 84-year-old disabled woman in her home and stole her handbag containing a significant three-figure sum of money is "scum". (...)
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Detectives say high-value Perthshire jewellery thefts could be linked
Detectives believe one organised group may be responsible for a spate of high-value jewellery thefts in Perth and Kinross. (...)
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'They have no morals' — two more pensioners preyed on by bogus callers
A Dundee pensioner is the latest victim of a distraction theft — and his ward councillor says it is hard to find words to describe the criminal responsible. (...)
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Cold caller sought by police investigating high-value thefts in Perthshire
More than £11,000 worth of jewellery has been stolen in the latest in a spate of high-value break-ins in Perthshire. (...)
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Family's belongings stolen while they slept
A young Dundee family have had their treasured possessions stolen from their home as they slept. (...)
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'A truly appalling crime' — addict jailed for cowardly attack on defenceless pensioner
A cowardly drug addict who battered an 84-year-old Dundee grandmother in her home before stealing her cash has been jailed for five and a half years at the High Court in Edinburgh. (...)
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Pitreavie Playgroup finds not even children's charity collections are safe from thieves
Thieves have stolen a children's charity collection. (...)
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Ninewells dominates in Tayside hospital crime figures
Police dealt with more than 100 incidents of assault, theft and vandalism in hospitals around Tayside last year. (...)
Suspicious witnesses helped to catch Perth charity bin thieves
Shoppers contacted the police after spotting an opportunistic pair stealing from a charity bin outside a Perth supermarket. (...)
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'These items mean so much' — precious family heirlooms stolen in St Madoes break-in
A Perthshire woman has spoken out after thieves ransacked her house — stealing precious family heirlooms. (...)
