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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6 days ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
An axe-wielding thug who held his girlfriend prisoner inside his Perth flat because he suspected she was having an affair with “Russian models” has been jailed. Kenneth Douglas abducted his partner, flung her across the room and “flushed her smart watch down the toilet” after a series of innocuous spam emails – including daily horoscopes – convinced him she was having an affair with Russian models.
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6 days ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
A Perthshire pensioner hid his wife’s passport to prevent her from travelling as part of a campaign of abuse spanning more than two decades. Frank Robb constantly shouted at and belittled his “much younger” partner and told her “I wish you were dead”. Perth Sheriff Court heard how the 80-year-old drove over and killed a seagull chick during one argument, after threating to shove the woman out of the car.
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1 week ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
A convicted blackmailer made menacing phone calls to a Middle Eastern general demanding the “return” of his daughter to Dundee – then made up a stolen gold plot to convince him to drop criminal charges. Takeaway chef Karivan Mizuri was jailed in 2022 for attempting to extort £37,000 from the Iraqi officer by threatening to continue posting naked snaps of his adult daughter online.
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1 week ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
A drunken driver who demolished part of a village bridge and smashed into a parked car in Perthshire was weeks later caught motoring down the M90 at six times the legal limit. Siobhan Petrie accelerated into the side of a stone crossing in Dunning centre, before steering her Volvo into a stationary Land Rover. When police tried to breathalyse the 45-year-old, she bit down, sucked and blew lightly on the tube, preventing officers from getting an accurate reading.
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1 week ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Jamie Buchan
A frustrated goalie attacked two teammates and their father in a chaotic amateur league cup clash in Perthshire that ended in a devastating 21-0 defeat. Andrew Stevenson, a regular for Kinrossie AFC, had already let in four goals to Perth’s Jeanfield Swifts when he erupted at his new teammates. He punched one player in the face before grappling with his brother and biting him on the back of the knee.
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Finnly Hawkins-Smith told his ex he had calculated how much time he would have to torch her house before police arrived. https://t.co/qzH5gjyrxK
An absolutely tragic story. Thanks to Donal's family for speaking to me after the court hearing. Speeding Dundee gym boss faces jail for tragic crash that left driver with catastrophic brain damage https://t.co/y2QQEwkCAl
RT @thecourieruk: A high-profile domestic abuse activist from Perthshire has been found guilty of carrying out a campaign of child abuse. h…