Dale Haslam

1 week ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Dale Haslam

A delivery driver has appeared in court accused of carrying out sexual assaults on two teenage girls in Torry over the weekend. Fidelis Amu appeared in private at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday, facing four charges. The 26-year-old, whose general address was given as Aberdeen, was charged with sexual assault. He also faces a second charge of indecently communicating with another person – electronically or verbally – and then sexually assaulting them.

2 weeks ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Dale Haslam

A council has announced a probe after it emerged that a man who stabbed his mum to death in Peterhead was under a guardianship order of the local authority. We reported on Friday how Jonathon Divers admitted stabbing Elizabeth Watson at least 40 times at their home in the town’s Catto Drive and he will be sentenced for culpable homicide. A regular churchgoer, Mrs Watson had lived in the same street for 40 years and was well known and liked in the town.

2 weeks ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Dale Haslam

A couple embroiled in a second-home tax row have claimed their main residence is Shetland – despite spending most of their time abroad. The family are so upset by being forced to pay a 200% council tax rate on their island property, they have taken the matter to court, claiming they live there. Now, a sheriff has called for a fresh hearing in the case, which could have ramifications on second home tax rules across Scotland.

3 weeks ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Dale Haslam

Leaders of an Aberdeen sports club fostered a “toxic culture”, sparking accusations of child safeguarding failures and sexual assaults, whistleblowers claimed today. The Press and Journal has spoken to many people involved in the Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association (ASRA) over the last two decades, and they have raised concerns that organisers are exposing children to harm and running the club “like a cult”.

3 weeks ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Dale Haslam

A senior Aberdeen rowing coach has been sentenced in court for sexually assaulting a woman and assaulting a young rower. Ian Duncan appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and admitted repeatedly touching the bottom of a teenager, who was under the age of 18, in 2013 and 2014. Duncan was a trustee of Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association (ASRA) until April 2021 and a rowing coach there for more than 20 years.