Louise Glen
Reporter at The Press and Journal
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6 days ago |
pressandjournal.co.uk | Louise Glen
A domestic abuser who told a social worker he would not comply with a court order from Oban Sheriff Court has been jailed for nine months. Benedict Boylen, 46, was sentenced after previously admitting to a course of abusive behaviour against his former partner between April 8 2022 and August 1 2022. Boylen, of Queens Avenue, Weststone, London, pled guilty to shouting and swearing, brandishing a knife and holding it against the woman’s face at her home in Oban.
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1 week ago |
pressandjournal.co.uk | Louise Glen
An Oban man has been jailed and his co-accused ordered to complete unpaid work following an alcohol and cocaine-fuelled assault. Stephen McMahon, 21, and Zak Allan, 20, admitted assaulting a man by forcing him to the ground during an incident on August 3 2024. Allan also admitted causing the man to strike a glass door at Kebabish takeaway on George Street, Oban.
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1 week ago |
pressandjournal.co.uk | Louise Glen
A 30-year-old man has been arrested following a serious sexual assault in Oban. Police say investigations into the incident, which took place at about 2.20am, are continuing. Officers issued a statement to say: “A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the serious sexual assault of a 28-year-old woman in Oban. “The incident happened around 2.20am on Thursday April 17 on George Street.
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1 week ago |
pressandjournal.co.uk | Louise Glen
A man who was due to be sentenced for causing fear and alarm and making threats of violence on the Isle of Colonsay has had his sentence deferred for a report. Adrian-Ioan Bota, 45, of no fixed abode, had faced a deferred sentencing after earlier pleading guilty to causing fear and alarm to his partner.
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1 week ago |
pressandjournal.co.uk | Louise Glen
A 28-year-old woman has been seriously sexually assaulted in Oban. An area of Oban Bay was cordoned off overnight, as police officers stood at the two entrances to the Wee Bay on George Street. Officers confirmed they had received a report that a woman had been sexually assaulted. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 2.20am on Thursday, 17 April, 2025, we received a report of the serious sexual assault of a 28-year-old woman on George Street, Oban.
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