Sentence deferred on man who sold plaques from Dundee Crematorium

A man who sold a bag full of brass plaques to a recycling firm after they had gone missing from Dundee Crematorium will be sentenced in November.

Dundee sheriff George Way deferred sentence on Martin Gaughan for the fourth time having heard he is doing well on a community payback order for another theft.

That order is due to be completed in November and Sheriff Way said he was happy to further defer sentence until that time.

The CPO had been imposed after Gaughan had previously admitted that on March 2, at Boots in Reform Street, he stole aftershave while on bail.

Sheriff Way ordered him to be placed under supervision on a community payback order (CPO) with 100 hours of unpaid work and deferred sentence on the brass plaque offence to monitor his progress on the CPO.

Gaughan, 31, of Fairbairn Street, admitted that on August 16 last year he had stolen 16 brass memorial plaques at Paterson Street.