A Montrose heroin dealer could be jailed after being caught in an early morning police raid.
Barry Duggan admitted being concerned in the supply of diamorphine when he appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court.
The 51-year-old’s home in William Philips Drive was raided by officers with a warrant on August 18 2020.
Police found a safe which contained bundles of brown powder wrapped in foil, as well as scales and cash.
Duggan also admitted he was in possession of cannabis at the time.
Over £200 could also be seized by the crown when he is sentenced on August 11.
Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown released Duggan on bail for reports.
Death crash
Dundee student Grace Ross, 21, admitted killing her boyfriend with a car in Fife. Ross was performing a three-point turn when she knocked over 18-year-old Joshua Kerr and then ran him over. He did not survive catastrophic head injuries and Ross has now admitted causing his death by careless driving.
Dog fighter deferred
A disgraced Angus gamekeeper, whose dogfighting trophy photos exposed a ring of animal abusers, will have to wait until August to be sentenced.
In May, Rhys Davies pled guilty to a string of charges relating to the neglect of dogs, keeping the animals to fight and having unsecured firearms and ammunition.
He had been due to find out his fate on Tuesday but sentence had to be further deferred.
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Sheriff Derek Reekie had ordered a social work report and a restriction of liberty assessment as he is bound to consider all alternatives to custody.
The latter, which exists in Davies’ native Wales in a different format, had not been carried out so a fresh home detention curfew assessment was ordered.
Sheriff Reekie noted that in the report, Davies showed “a lack of responsibility and remorse.”
Davies is due back at Forfar Sheriff Court in August.
Robbed pensioner
A heartless thief posed as a carer before knocking a disabled 74-year-old man out of his wheelchair so she could rob him of just £10 in loose change. Callous Lisa Carmichael left her victim lying helpless on the floor as she rummaged round his Dundee home, before walking past him to leave with the money. She targeted another pensioner in the same street.
Trial deserted
Prosecutors deserted a Fife attempted murder case after the accused failed to attend because he fell ill.
Self-confessed alcoholic Andrew Gibson was on trial at the High Court in Livingston accused of stabbing his ex-partner Pauline Wilkes in the neck with a paring knife.
A jury had heard all the evidence in the case and had been due to hear legal directions from the judge before retiring to consider their verdict on Monday.
However, when 51-year-old Gibson failed to appear it emerged that he had been admitted to hospital over the weekend.
Judge Lord Richardson told the jury in the circumstances he had decided to allow the Crown to desert the case in the meantime.
This means that Gibson, from Dunfermline, will have to be served with a fresh indictment.
Should that happen, a fresh jury will hear evidence from Miss Wilkes,43, and other witnesses at a second trial.
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The full caseload of the Dundee Crime and Courts Team can be found here.
