A Barnhill woman admitted shouting at her elderly neighbours after alleging one of them had complained about her to the council.
Sharon Shaw, 50, had sentence deferred for good behaviour and was told if there are no further disputes with those she shares a common close, the matter will end.
At Dundee Sheriff Court, Shaw pled guilty to acting in a threatening and abusive manner towards two women in a close on Abernethy Road.
Depute fiscal Sarah High told the court: “The accused met them and began shouting and swearing at them about her being reported to the council.
“She continued to be verbally abusive towards both complainers.
“Another witness entered the close and heard the accused shout ‘just go and die’.
“She was advised to go into her property.”
Police were called.
Sheriff Paul Brown, deferring sentence until November, said: “This is in the context of a neighbour dispute.
“I want to make sure there are no further incidents.
“If there’s not any, I am willing to draw a line under the matter.”
Dog killer
Bradley Simpson from Dundee had admitted killing his family’s pet dog Buddy by stabbing it with a screwdriver in what he says was “drug-induced psychosis”. The dog’s body was later found burned and in a shallow grave on parkland in the city.
Hit PC with bottle
A teenager who clobbered a PC over the head with a glass bottle at an East Neuk cottage has been jailed.
The boy, who is too young to be named publicly, previously pled guilty to assaulting two officers at Balmonth Farm Cottages near the hamlet of Carnbee.
On May 29 last year, the boy injured PC Tomasz Gizycki by hitting him on the head with a glass bottle and biting him on the arm.
The boy, who is now 17 but was 16 at the time, also spat in the face of PC Craig Moffat.
In August that year, the boy also acted threateningly when he shouted and swore at his Levenmouth home and smashed the windows of a car with a brick or similar item.
The expectant father was sentenced at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
His solicitor Kerr Sneddon said: “It’s clear he does have a lower degree of maturity.
“He is still only 17.”
Mr Sneddon said the boy was easily led astray by older acquaintances.
“They’ll egg him on to drink to excess,” he said.
“He simply can’t do that. He does have a wish to be gainfully employed.”
Sheriff Ian Anderson jailed the boy for 20 months.
He said: “I do appreciate that you are young but you have been given opportunities.
“I have come to the decision that a custodial sentence is inevitable and unavoidable.”
Police picture
A police officer who admitted a sexual assault on a woman in Dundee’s Counting House pub has been pictured in public for the first time since he admitted the offence in court. Ross Campbell was spotted in Aberdeen. He awaits sentencing.
Court outburst
A Dundee man who snapped a child’s phone during a day of abuse against his former partner was chided by a judge for shouting “it’s all lies” during a court hearing.
Colin Cameron, 48, had accepted the charges libelled against him at Dundee Sheriff Court.
But as the narrative of the facts was read aloud in court, he shouted “it’s all lies”, drawing the ire of his lawyer and Sheriff Paul Brown.
Despite his outburst, he did not change his plea, accepting the narrative as it was read.
Depute fiscal Sarah High told the court: “The witness was on the phone, which the accused took from her and looked through her messages.
“The accused said to her ‘you’re not getting your phone back’.
“He pushed her on the throat.
“He went to the bathroom with the phone, and shouted ‘f***ing phone the police’.
“The witness left and contacted a friend and said to them if they received a call with no speech, they were to call the police.
“The complainer repeatedly asked the accused to leave.
“He broke a phone.
“The complainer left and he shouted ‘if I can’t have you I’ll murder everyone in this house’.”
This was the statement which caused Cameron’s court outburst.
Ms High continued: “The accused packed a bag and swiftly left the property.
“Police were contacted.
“The accused was traced and under caution said ‘I never actually hit her but I pushed her by the throat’ and ‘how can I damage my own stuff’.
Sheriff Paul Brown warned Cameron not to shout out in his court.
He deferred sentence for criminal justice and social work reports and a restriction of liberty order assessment until June 29.
Speeding farmer
A young farmer kept his driving licence despite speeding in his Land Rover on the M90 in Kinross-shire at 116mph. Bruce Keillor, 24, pled guilty to careless driving and the sheriff said there as enough mitigation to avoid a ban.
The full caseload of the Dundee Crime and Courts Team can be found here.
