The trial of a former Dundee citizen of the year has been pushed back after the court was told of difficulties obtaining a doctor’s report.
Charlie Kean, 54, is accused of a number of charges including abusing a puppy and assaulting a 14-year-old year girl earlier this year.
He has denied all five charges levelled against him and trial against him, which was due to sit at Dundee Sheriff Court on September 29, was adjourned on Wednesday with new dates set.
Defence solicitor George Donnelly, representing Kean, requested the adjournment on the grounds that a medical report ordered by the defence would not arrive in time for the beginning of the trial.
He said: “A medical report was called for by Mr Kean’s health on May 3. The GP told Mr Kean that the requested report would cost £150, which he has paid for.
“Once payment was made, the GP told Mr Kean they would proceed in preparing the report and that it would take four to six weeks to complete.
“Mr Kean advised the GP that his trial date had been fixed.
“It is a medical report that I need and I am sure my friend (procurator fiscal) would like to see.
“I would undoubtedly require another intermediate diet.”
Sheriff Mark Thorley adjourned the trial and set new dates.
Kean is accused of hanging a young puppy from a window and shaking it on May 4.
He is also alleged to have assaulted a 14-year-old girl on May 3 by pushing her against a wall and pulling her hair.
Kean is alleged to have threatened to harm himself in front of a woman and child between January 1 and February 28 this year.
Charges of breaking a mobile phone belonging to another person and causing a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm have also been lodged.
The incidents are said to have taken place at a property on Broughty Ferry’s Esplanade and Weaver’s Mill, 2 Dayton Drive, Dundee.
Kean, who was named citizen of the year in 2012, has denied all five charges levelled against him.
An intermediate diet has been set for October 31, with the trial due to begin on November 24.
