Jamie Buchan
Chief Reporter at The Courier and Evening Telegraph (Dundee)
Crime and Courts reporter for DC Thomson titles. Get in touch on 01382 575063 or [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
A Perth “pimp” who badgered a schoolgirl into creating OnlyFans-style content for his commercial gain has been blasted by a sheriff. Sleazy Stuart McClure managed the teenager’s account, uploaded degrading photos and videos and pestered her when she was at school with customer requests. Perth Sheriff Court heard how the 25-year-old former business student made money from the enterprise but paid the girl just over £200 for nearly eight months of work.
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
A dog called Boss helped detectives collar a county lines drug gang operating out of a Perth city centre flat. The group’s members wore distinctive hi-viz jackets and were regularly seen under surveillance taking Boss for a walk around the historic lade. Perth Sheriff Court heard how one of the English gang was spotted out with the dog and captured after a dramatic foot chase.
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
A teenager threatened to burn down Perth’s Jobcentre and “chop up” staff with an axe after learning his benefits could be cut. Rhys Guthrie appeared at the city’s sheriff court and conceded his violent threats to the employment office team were a “wild over-reaction”. He pled guilty to sending menacing messages to the centre manager that were “grossly offensive” in November 2023, when he was 19.
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
A lecherous creep who made disgusting comments about “big meat” and orgasms to two 14-year-old girls outside a Perth kebab shop has been locked up. Piotr Homenda approached the youngsters while they waiting for a friend near Ozy’s Grill on South Street. The teenagers told a court they felt threatened and scared by the stranger’s obscene remarks.
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
A sex attacker who barged into a stranger’s home in Dundee and told her he was Graeme Souness has been jailed. Twisted Graham Soave was out of his mind on alcohol and Valium when he forced his way in to his terrified victim’s property. Children were so scared they had to flee their home and hide in a car, Dundee Sheriff Court heard. Soave, 36, returned to the dock for sentencing having earlier pled guilty to sexually assaulting the woman at her Douglas home.
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