Former Dundee striker in court for failing to appear at domestic abuse trial By The Courier Reporter February 9 2016, 3:31pm February 9 2016, 3:31pm Share Former Dundee striker in court for failing to appear at domestic abuse trial Share via Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Messenger Email Post link https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/dundee/243523/former-dundee-striker-in-court-for-failing-to-appear-at-domestic-abuse-trial/ Copy Link A former Dundee football player was up in court for failing to appear for at his domestic assault trial. Phillip Roberts, 21, was arrested on warrant and brought from London to Dundee Sheriff Court on Tuesday. The former forward only played five times for Dundee FC before the club released him in August last year. In court he admitted his failure to appear for trial on October 22 but continues to deny to the assault charge. Roberts, 21, of Alloa Road, Ilford Essex, will return to Dundee for his trial on May 26. The charge is that on March 15 at Ward Road he seized a woman by her body and pushed her against a wall to her injury.
