Ciaran Shanks
Crime and Court Reporter at DC Thomson Media
Courtroom skulk ⚖️ 🏛 @thecourieruk // @evening_tele Mentor @mcrpathways
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1 week ago |
original106.co.uk | Ciaran Shanks
A Fife nurse who blamed Filipino “culture” for a video that showed him indecently touching a young child has been ordered to perform unpaid work. Mark Rebustes had dozens of child abuse files on a laptop he brought to Scotland from the Philippines. During his trial, the 40-year-old claimed an indecent video in which he featured was “normal” in his homeland.
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1 week ago |
original106.co.uk | Ciaran Shanks
A predator moved more than 370 miles to Angus from his home in Wales in order to sexually abuse a child. James Gillies is now locked up after he admitted grooming the young girl via Instagram before starting a relationship with her. The creep sexually abused her on a bus and was seen in public groping her. Gillies told police: “I should never have done it. I am 42 and she is 14.
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original106.co.uk | Ciaran Shanks
An uninsured motorist who drove the wrong way over the Tay Road Bridge caused a head-on smash that left two people injured. Robbie Reilley was heard saying “I’m away to drive off” after the collision on the Fife roundabout at the southern end of the bridge on September 18 2023. A woman suffered a head wound that will leave a scar, while the driver of the other vehicle needed months of therapy for a hand injury.
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1 week ago |
original106.co.uk | Ciaran Shanks
Further doubt has been cast on the future of Dundee’s police headquarters after plans were published for a 20-cell ‘mobile custody unit’. A £500million cash injection has been earmarked as part of a decade-long masterplan to transform Scotland’s ageing police estate. Tayside is considered a “priority area” by Police Scotland and as previously revealed by The Courier, a move from West Bell Street has been considered.
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original106.co.uk | Ciaran Shanks
A teenager accused of a machete murder bid in Dundee was freed to a relative’s house, despite being remanded in custody by a sheriff, because of a “deeply alarming” shortage of secure unit beds. The 17-year-old – who cannot be named – appeared at the city’s sheriff court last week in connection with the alleged attempted murder of a man in Whitfield. Prosecutors were opposed to the teen being released on bail with a sheriff ruling that he should be held in custody meantime.
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