A Tayside property tycoon has been found guilty of threatening a man and his son.
Mark Harris, 43, of Mylnefield House, Invergowrie, denied threatening Hector McKay, 64, of Manse Crescent, Stanley, and his son on July 3 last year.
He had allegedly said he knew “people in hoods”.
At the trial at Perth Sheriff Court, Mr McKay said Harris visited his home around 11pm on the day in question and gained entry as he knew Mr McKay’s former accountant.
Harris and Mr McKay spoke in the living-room, with Mrs Moira McKay, 60, listening outside the door.
Mr McKay said he had never met Harris before and that the businessman kept “going on about knowing hooded people”.
“He (Harris) said he could get me killed, along with my son, my grandson and my cousin,” he said. “He knew all the names of my family, so I asked him what he was doing in my house.
“He only left when my wife threw him out.”
Mrs McKay said she overheard Harris telling her husband he knew “men in balaclavas”.
She accused Harris of standing outside the property later and “looking in” while speaking on his mobile phone.
Harris said he travelled by taxi to Mr McKay’s house after an alleged fire-raising attack on his sister’s unit at the former Lawside Dyeworks on Byron Street, Dundee.
He denied threatening Mr McKay and said he thought they could have a “business” meeting about the premises.
Sheriff Ian Anderson found Harris guilty after trial and deferred sentence until July 8 for the preparation of background reports.