A serial offender has admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin at his Hilltown flat.
George Devlin appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court and admitted the January 11 2021 offence.
Sheriff Gregor Murray ordered reports as Devlin, 30, is already on a community payback order.
He will return to be sentenced on March 8.
In 2021, Devlin was jailed for eight months after he threatened “chop up” his mother and her friend while kicking the doors of her home in Fintry.
He was handed a ten-month prison term in 2016 for acting threateningly towards his mum.
Sheriff’s fury
A sheriff slammed a Dundee dangerous driver for “making a fool of me” after he enjoyed lie-ins instead of attending the unpaid work she had ordered as an alternative to prison. Marley Williams was given the second chance after an 80mph joyride which saw a police officer having to risk his own life to carry out a tactical crash.
‘Is that a man or a woman?’
A man has appeared in the dock to admit asking a transgender drag queen in a gay bar “is that a man or a woman?”
Robert Ogilvie admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner towards Peaches McDonald.
The incident took place at Kandy Bar on Dundee’s Seagate at around 10.15pm on May 21 2021.
After others were involved in an altercation, Ogilvie made the transphobic remark while walking away and was overheard by numerous people.
Fiscal depute Callum Gordon told Dundee Sheriff Court Peaches McDonald is a transgender person, who is also a drag queen.
Solicitor Ross Donnelly said during discussions with his client, Ogilvie had realised the comment was offensive.
He added Ogilvie, of Buttars Road, “has a number of gay friends.”
He said: “It was a throwaway comment for which he has held his hands up.”
Sheriff Paul Brown admonished the 54-year-old.
Bin-raking abuser
A bin-raking boyfriend who tormented his former partner in Dundee, the Canary Islands and Florida must pay her £3,000. Jamie Gowans was sentenced for acting threateningly towards the woman between 2017 and 2019 and for a further abusive course of conduct in 2019 and 2020, including searching her rubbish for evidence of a new partner.
Drunken fan
A drunken Hearts fan who protested about his pal being ejected from Dens Park has been fined.
Lewis Jeffrey appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court to admit acting in a threatening or abusive manner and resisting arrest.
Just after the second half of the Edinburgh side’s 1-0 win over Dundee in the Scottish Premiership on December 18 in 2021, police were alerted by stewards.
Officers saw the 19-year-old electrical apprentice shouting and acting aggressively and said he appeared to be intoxicated.
Jeffrey, of Clermiston Green, became “erratic,” told officers to f*** off and tensed his body when they tried to apprehend him.
Solicitor Doug McConnell said he had travelled to the game from the capital and had “stupidly” intervened when stewards had tried to eject his friend.
Sheriff Gregor Murray fined the first offender £675, plus a £40 victim surcharge.
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