Unpaid work for teenager after part in Montrose car vandalisms
A teenager who was part of a gang which carried out a festive season tyre-slashing spree involving almost 40 vehicles in Montrose has avoided going to detention.
Forfar Sheriff Court
Angus man avoids jail and possible MMA ‘summary justice’ for nightclub assault
A drunken Angus man who left his headbutt victim requiring surgery to his nose and treatment for chipped teeth has been fined £500.
Good behaviour order for Angus assault man who knocked off neighbour’s prosthetic leg
An Angus man who assaulted his one-legged neighbour by knocking him to the ground and dislodging his prosthetic leg had his sentence deferred for good behaviour when he appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court.
Angus man banned after five times the limit drink drive offence
A brain-injured Angus man was found to be five times the drink-drive limit after shocked witnesses saw him abandon his damaged sportscar in the centre of Arbroath.
Spitting female Forfar first offender narrowly avoids jail for “disgusting” assault
A Forfar teenager has been given a year-long exclusion order from a town pub after a sheriff said she had started her criminal career “in style” by spitting at a policeman.
Tayside primary teacher caught with indecent images of young girls
A Tayside primary school teacher’s career is in ruins after being caught with images of nearly naked young girls on his home computer.
Shocked neighbours witnessed Angus man’s vicious common close attack on partner
Horrified neighbours watched helplessly through the peep hole of their front door as a Montrose man launched what a sheriff branded a “vicious and sustained attack” on his girlfriend in the common close outside.
Forfar man jailed for choosing work over payback order
A Forfar man who saw the “red mist descend” after a friend stole his infant daughter’s piggy bank has been jailed for six months.
Partying days over as Montrose man jailed for nine months
A Montrose man who turned up uninvited to a house party and assaulted a fellow reveller found his party days were over when he was sentenced to nine months behind bars.
Drunken Angus man brandished kitchen knife in row over licking woman’s neck
A drunken party guest who brandished a knife in an Angus house after a row over his unwarranted advances towards a woman is facing an electronic tag.