Two accused of £200,000 jewellery heist in Perthshire

Two men have gone on trial in Edinburgh accused of stealing around £200,000 of jewellery in an allegedly violent robbery in which prosecutors claim four people were detained “against their will”.

Christopher McMultan, 40, and Brian Martin, 58, deny taking a woman’s precious possessions following an alleged incident at an address in Kinfauns, Perthshire, on January 19.

The pair also deny seizing the woman by the body, presenting a knife at her and swearing and uttering threats at her, another person and two children at the property.

The two men are also accused of binding the hands and feet of the two people, and the two youngsters who cannot be named for legal reasons, with tape.

They also apparently compelled one of the adults and one of the children to lie face down on the floor while the other adult and the other child were compelled to knee on the floor.

The two men are then said to have escaped with the haul. McMultan and Martin, whose addresses have been given in legal documents as being prisoners of HMP Perth, deny all charges against them.

The trial continues on Monday.