A man has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after trying to frame his older brother when caught with drugs at T in the Park.
Keith Gartshore gave police the details of his sibling Duncan, with the misinformation only coming to light when the innocent man was ordered to appear in court in relation to a charge involving cocaine at the Strathallan music festival.
The elder Mr Gartshore told police he must have been the victim of mistaken identity as he had not been at the festival.
He told officers his brother had been, and they were able to confirm that his younger brother was indeed responsible after studying a photograph of the 35-year-old.
Gartshore had earlier pleaded guilty to attempting to defeat the ends of justice on July 12 last year.
He admitted that when police asked him for his details at the festival he gave them the name and date of birth of his older brother Duncan, 38.
At the time depute fiscal Stuart Richardson said: “He gave details, but unfortunately did not give his own details, but instead gave those of his brother.
“Certain items were found and in due course a complaint was raised against his brother.”
Sentencing Gartshore, of Strowan Street, Glasgow, to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work, Sheriff Lindsay Foulis said: “This is perhaps a slightly more significant attempt to pervert (the course of justice) than the norm because the matter didn’t become clear until after proceedings were started against your brother.
“Significant inconvenience was caused by your antics.”