A motorist found to be almost double the drink-drive limit in Broughty Ferry has been fined and banned.
Adam Watt, 34, was caught by police after driving in the Forthill Road area on May 2 this year.
At Dundee Sheriff Court Watt, of Blake Street, pled guilty to the single charge he faced of driving with excess alcohol (42mics/ 22) and was fined £500.
He was also disqualified from driving for 16 months.
‘Urban hunter’ was child rapist
A sick “urban hunter” from Fife who subjected children to rape and sexual assault over a four-year period has been jailed. Brandon Robb, 28, preyed on two little girls and a young boy at locations in Fife, between May 2011 and May 2015.
Snapchat pervert
A 44-year-old Fife man sent sick Snapchat messages to a nine-year-old girl while claiming he was aged just 15.
Ian Fraser, of Links Street, Kirkcaldy, asked the child for sexual pictures in return for an image of his penis, Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard.
He admitted communicating indecently with a young child via Snapchat on February 4 last year at an address in Crossford, and possessing an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child between November 2 and 15 in 2024.
Prosecutor Lauren Pennycook told the court a Snapchat account belonging to a nine-year-old girl in the West Midlands began communicating with one in Fraser’s name at around 8.20pm on February 4 last year.
They began messaging back and forward and the child stated she was 13. Fraser said he was 15.
After a little more than an hour, the child asked Fraser for a picture of his penis.
Fraser pointed out his age and when the child offered her own intimate images, Fraser replied: “I know I am 15 but that’s cheeky asking as we just started talking”.
Fraser then messaged “I like boobs though” and repeatedly asked the child for a pictures showing her breasts and face.
Contact stopped at around 9.40pm and the next day, West Midlands got Fraser’s IP address and Police Scotland searched his then-home on November 15.
His iPhone contained a single category B video of a male child, aged approximately between 10 and 12.
Sheriff Krista Johnston deferred sentencing until July 23 to obtain background reports and Fraser’s bail was continued meantime.
The length of time for which he will be placed on the sex offenders register will be determined at sentencing.
Thieving chef
A chef from Monifieth drained more than £7,500 from his 80-year-old grandmother’s bank account to repay his drug debts. Bank app fraudster Alan Fettes previously admitted swindling his own grandmother out of the four-figure sum after receiving threats over money he owed.
Belligerent drink-driver
Drink-driver Nicholas Wright ranted at police after smashing his car into a lamp post on Main Street, Almondbank, on May 27 this year.
Perth Sheriff Court heard how the car mounted a traffic island at around 9.10pm and officers determined Wright had been drinking.
Fiscal depute Stuart Hamilton said: “He was acting aggressively and shouting and swearing.”
When he was taken to Dundee police HQ, the 44-year-old refused to be breathalysed, ranting: “It’s bulls**t”.
The court heard Wright accepted he had been drinking in the pub earlier that day and returned to his home at Lumsden Crescent, Almondbank, at about 7pm, but left soon after following a row with his partner.
His solicitor said: “When police arrived he was confused and belligerent.
“He says he was disorientated following the collision.”
The lawyer said “it’s 50/50” whether Wright can hang onto his job as an overhead linesman.
He was fined £800 and banned from driving for 14 months.
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