Thursday court round-up — Crossbow murder bid charge and predator behind bars
A round-up of court cases from Tayside and Fife.
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Angus showjumping instructor distressed German tourists with Nazi salutes on Tayside train
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John Cleneghan was told he missed the mark in his bid to make a joke with the holidaymakers he met on a train in Perthshire.
Dundee man to serve at least 16 years of life sentence behind bars for taxi driver murder
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Steven Greig was sentenced for the second time for killing taxi driver Mark Ward.
Drug-addled Perth swordsman torched pub’s hanging basket
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John Swanson, who told an onlooker about his Japanese wakizashi samurai blade, also set fire to a bin in a city centre vennel.
Stirling woman’s ‘supermarket sweep’ thefts to fund family Christmas
Rose Stokes walked into stores and filled her basket with goods worth nearly £6,000.
Fife paedophile had unsolicited photos of schoolgirls and ‘porn phone’
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Alexander Hope's three phones filled with illicit material were found after he was confronted by paedophile hunters.
Wednesday court round-up — Torched cars and ‘slave’ caught in sting
A round-up of court cases from Tayside and Fife.
Fife ex-teacher showed ‘poor judgement’ in sexting former pupils and is given community sentence
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Gilles Brown plagued three ex-pupils with lewd messages.
On-the-run pervert found sleeping rough in Perthshire finally sentenced
Coen Bust fled his home and spent 18 days in rural Perthshire before police caught him.
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Dundee ‘Graeme Souness’ sex attacker jailed
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Rapist attacked two girls on Dundee waste ground
Perth man jailed for £4million cocaine deal
Dundee drink-driver nearly five times limit ‘thought he was drinking non-alcoholic Guinness’
Thug avoids jail for head stamp attack on ‘vulnerable’ man in Perth city centre
Driver guilty of causing devastating A9 crash which left four horses dead
Dundee man caught in online paedophile sting after contacting ’12-year-old’
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Dundee sex offender given community payback for child sex abuse
Dundee man appears in court accused of attempting to murder police with a crossbow in Whitfield
Trio who targeted Fife homes with deliberate fires are jailed
Arbroath teen left terrified after fighting to escape stranger’s ‘bearhug’
Police officer cleared of sexual assaults at Perth nightclub
