An Angus drunk who was found lying in a field and told a female constable: “I’ve got a 10-inch c*ck” is on the Sex Offenders Register and under supervision for a year.
Sheriff Krista Johnston told George McPhee, 36, of Nether Careston, near Brechin: “This was a fairly disgraceful performance on your part and to speak to anybody in that way is just shameful.”
Officers attended at a field to the rear of East Mill Road in Brechin on June 22 last year.
They had received numerous calls at 1.30pm McPhee was under the influence and found him lying on the ground and called for an ambulance.
When paramedics arrived, he became agitated and, still lying on the ground, told a female constable: “I’ve got a 10 inch c*ck.”
When a male constable tried to assist McPhee, he kicked him on the body.
Troon Avenue killer guilty
Troon Avenue killer Andrew Innes is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of murder and rape.
The Dundee monster killed Bennylyn Burke and her daughter Jellica and raped another girl.
He had claimed he was of diminished responsibility at the time but a judge directed the jury to reject this and find him guilty of murder.
He was given the mandatory life sentence with an order he spend 36 years behind bars.
See here for full coverage of the trial.
Gardener’s world
A cannabis farmer who told police he was growing the drug in Montrose has been jailed.
However, his lawyer said even the green-fingered celebrities Percy Thrower, Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh would do well to tend Nicholas Depelette’s crops to the £12,600 value placed on them by prosecutors.
At Forfar Sheriff Court Depelette, 31, admitted producing cannabis at his Charleton Place home between September and December 2020.
The court heard police arrived with a warrant on December 10 2020 and despite initially not answering the door, he eventually let officers in.
He told them: “I wasn’t going to answer, I’m growing weed in there.”
Police found 21 plants and growing equipment including lighting units, an air filter, a light box, plant pots and a fan.
The haul was initially valued at the five-figure sum but solicitor Nick Markowski insisted the plants were only worth around £100 each.
“I think police have taken a fairly optimistic value of the yield of each plant.
“There was no system for watering. The psychoactive element from there isn’t particularly good.”
Mr Markowski labelled his client an “enthusiastic amateur.”
Sheriff Krista Johnston jailed Depelette for 70 days and for another 80 days for breaching bail and non-harassment orders.
Predator’s threats
A predator carried out a Valentine’s Day sex crime against a 14-year-old girl after luring her back to a Dundee flat. Ryan Scott, 20, enticed the schoolgirl back to the flat to engage in sexual activity on Valentine’s Day, despite knowing she was only 14. The accused – born female and also known as Coral Scott – then tried to pervert the course of justice by targeting the frightened schoolgirl with death threats.
Came out swinging
A Kirriemuir pensioner showed up at his neighbour’s door before dawn and smacked his carer with a baseball bat.
Henry Wilkinson, 68, was sentenced for the 4.40am assault after losing the rag with the neighbour.
Forfar Sheriff Court heard Wilkinson banged on the door of the Elm Road house in the early hours of December 2.
The neighbour, who had a broken ankle at the time, opened the door and Wilkinson shouted something similar to “I’m f***ing sick of this,” without elaborating.
In a reference to the broken ankle, he said: “I don’t give a sh*t.”
A woman in the property to help the injured man came to the door and Wilkinson tried to force his way in while swinging a baseball bat.
The woman was struck twice on her right shoulder and four times on her lower arm.
Wilkinson’s injured neighbour grabbed a knife to scare the pensioner.
His solicitor said there had been ongoing complaints since 2019 and said loud noise had woken his client at midnight and kept him up for hours.
Sheriff Krista Johnston ordered Wilkinson to complete 60 hours unpaid work and said: “It’s sad to see somebody of your age and maturity appear in court for the first time.
“It must have been fairly terrifying for someone to turn up at the door with a baseball bat in the middle of the night.”
Knicker-knocker
A thief who pilfered pants from washing lines around Arbroath was wearing stolen black lace women’s underwear when he was taken into police custody. During six nocturnal raids, Graham Orrock amassed a stockpile of worn pants, bras, swimwear and other clothing, some belonging to children. When Orrock, 36, was arrested, he told police the juvenile items were to fit his blow-up sex doll.
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