Evening Telegraph (First Edition)

FESTIVAL TICKET HOLDERS IN ROW OVER REFUNDS

MORE ticket holders have been caught in a row over refunds to the cancelled Discovery Festival in Dundee. Those who had planned to attend the Slessor Gardens event say organisers and ticketing platform Fixr are locked in a blame game over who is...

DESSERT SHOP BOSS RAPED SCHOOLGIRL

A DESSERT shop boss from Dundee has been found guilty of raping a schoolgirl in his work van in Perth. Veron Galmangoda Guruge De Silva was supposed to be driving the 15-year-old home but instead took her to a car park in the city on a “pitch black”...

CROOKED BARMAN STOLE £50K OF HIS DAD’S CASH

A CROOKED Dundee barman hijacked the bank account of his housebound father to steal £50,000. Stephan Dewar initially asked if he could borrow £5,000 in a bid to buy a pub in the city. Dewar posed as his father, who medically retired almost 20 years...

COSTS FORCE WHISKY EVENT OUT OF VENUE

THE organisers of Dundee Whisky Festival say they are seeking alternative venues after the cost of hiring the Caird Hall more than doubled. Slanj Events Whisky Festivals staged its inaugural Dundee festival at the city centre venue this summer. They...

THIEVES JAILED FOR WHISKY SMASH AND GRAB

COPS ON SCENE AFTER MAN LEFT ‘BLOODIED’

FOUR police vehicles were called to the Polepark area of Dundee after an incident. Officers were stationed between the junction of Brewery Lane and Lower Pleasance yesterday afternoon. One local said police were searching a grass area between the...

CITY WALK-IN CLINIC UNDER FIRE OVER PATIENT NUMBERS

DUNDEE’S GP walk-in centre has come under fire as new figures show fewer than 100 consultations were carried out across the whole of June. The Lochee Health Centre facility was the second such clinic to open in Scotland as part of the SNP’S flagship...

BEER WE GO!

DUNDEE Football Club has launched a bid to sell alcohol at matches. The Dark Blues plan to submit an application to Dundee City Council to sell alcohol at selected William Hill Premiership matches during the 2026-27 season. The club says it is part...

KLOPPELGANGER

AN Inchture man is hoping that Jurgen Klopp’s appointment as Germany head coach will help him become a full-time lookalike. Gav Munro, 58, has dubbed himself ‘Kilted Klopp’ and has launched social media pages showcasing his lookalike act. On Friday,...

FIREWORKS BAN ZONE BID LAUNCHED

RESIDENTS of a Dundee community are bidding to have the city’s first firework control zone amid concerns over the impact on pets. Three years ago local authorities in Scotland were given new powers to allow them to introduce so-called firework control...

WOMAN’S DOG NEGLECT LEADS TO ANIMAL BAN

A SHERIFF admonished a woman and imposed a ban on keeping animals after she neglected a starving and caged whippet in her Dundee home. Sarah Henderson admitted causing suffering to the three-year-old dog between December 2025 and February this...

VANDALS DESTROY MISSING PET GROUP’S GEAR

A PET rescue group has hit out after being targeted three times by vandals during the search for a missing dog in Angus. Missing Pets Dundee and Angus is run by volunteers and has helped reunite thousands of owners with their missing pets since...

‘I’D TREASURE THE MEMORY FOREVER’

A BROUGHTY Ferry woman whose extraordinary battle with a rare cancer saw surgeons remove nine organs has spoken of her heartbreak that the disease has returned. Kirsty Speers, 35, is preparing to begin six sessions of chemotherapy after scans showed...

MAN IN COURT OVER PAIR OF MURDER BID CHARGES

A SHERIFF has remanded a man in custody over accusations of two attempted murders on the same day in Dundee. Charles Barr is accused of attacking two men in separate incidents in the Hilltown area of the city last Friday. The 32-year-old is said to...

110MPH CAR CHASE ENDED IN ‘AIRBORNE’ CRASH

LIFE WAS SWEET... NOW IT’S A GAS!

A DUNDEE singer has told how he grew a successful gas distribution firm after giving up his beloved sweet shop in the city. Billy Dunn spent several years running the Sweet Stop in Stobswell and then Broughty Ferry before reluctantly quitting the...

12-YEAR-OLD CRIMINAL’S 37 OFFENCES IN ONE YEAR

DUNDEE’S most prolific youth offender has been linked to dozens of crimes – including carrying a knife, serious assault and racially aggravated conduct – from the age of just 12. The youngster had 37 linked crime reports to their name in 2025, Police...

‘I’LL CARRY HIM WITH ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE’

FAMILY and friends gathered in Dundee yesterday to pay tribute to teenager Harry Whitton. Hundreds attended the funeral service for the 18-year-old and among those paying their respects were colleagues and representatives from both Dundee FC and...

‘SCREAMS’ ALERTED RESIDENTS TO FLAT FIRE

RESIDENTS of a Dundee tenement have told how they fled their homes after screaming alerted them to a fire. The West Street building was evacuated after a blaze broke out in a second-floor flat shortly before 3pm on Monday. Four fire appliances, along...

‘RELENTLESS DAMAGE’ AT £1M COMMUNITY FOOTIE PITCH

THE boss of a Dundee football charity says youths are causing thousands of pounds’ worth of damage at a £1 million community facility. Craig Fyall is chairman of Dryburgh Athletic Community Club and a director of the community partnership between...

MEN FACE JAIL OVER ‘COWARDLY’ ATTACKS

TWO teenagers robbed a Just Eat driver in Dundee minutes before breaking a female taxi driver’s arm during an effort to steal £130 from her. Kaydon Mccoll and Malachi Dixon, both now 20, appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court to admit two charges. Dixon...

AIRMAN JAILED FOR RAPES AND ABUSE

A RAPIST airman whose terror campaign towards women was waged in Dundee and St Andrews has been jailed for 11 years. Kenny Ralph Dalgleish, who was based at RAF Lossiemouth, was found guilty of 11 charges at the High Court in Dundee last month. The...

FEARS OVER ROGUE TAXIS OPERATING IN CITY

CONCERNS have been raised over claims people are driving taxis without a proper licence in Dundee. The city council said it has received complaints about the issue, and that regular checks are being made on ranks. Meanwhile, taxi drivers say stronger...

SHOCK AS HOMELESS FOUND SLEEPING IN STAIRWELLS

CONCERNS have been raised after homeless people were discovered sleeping in stairwells across Dundee city centre. Pictures of people on mattresses inside a stairwell in Union Street were shared online in recent days, prompting public concern. The...

MAN FORCED TERRIFYING STOP DURING ABUSE CAMPAIGN

A FITNESS coach grabbed the steering wheel and forced his partner to swerve on to the verge of the Kingsway during a terrifying campaign of abuse that spanned nearly three years. Daniel Cochrane, a personal trainer at an Angus gym, ranted at and...

POLICE TO PROBE KNIFE INCIDENT RESPONSE

POLICE chiefs have launched a full review of the force’s response to a high-profile knife incident in Dundee, the Tele can reveal. Temporary Chief Superintendent Elaine Logue, Tayside’s top officer, has ordered an assessment of the force’s operational...

‘VICTIMBLAMING’ BOYFRIEND FROM HELL JAILED

A BOYFRIEND from hell described by a sheriff as “self-serving and victimblaming” has been handed an extended jail sentence. Serial domestic abuser Connor Ross was convicted of a cruel and violent campaign against an ex-girlfriend that persisted for...

‘I DON’T EVEN FOLLOW FOOTBALL’

A TOPLESS pitch invader who ran on to the field during a Dundee United match has avoided being hit with a football banning order. Over-exuberant neutral Kerr Mcgouldrick told police he got “too excited” when he sprinted on to the pitch and ran towards...

DJ HANNAH ‘LOVES KEEPING FESTIVAL AT HOME’

HANNAH Laing has excitedly shared a first look inside the doof in the Park site in Dundee ahead of the festival’s return tomorrow. The all-day event will take place for a second year at Camperdown Park this weekend, with over 30 DJS set to perform to...

‘RONAN STOLE EVERYONE’S HEART’

FAMILY and friends gathered to say their final farewell to Dundee teenager Ronan Brown, who died after claims of ‘multiple failures’ by services in the city. Hundreds of people attended the teenager’s funeral at Dundee Crematorium yesterday...

DAD JAILED OVER BID TO KILL DAUGHTER’S EX-PARTNER

A DUNDEE dad who admitted attempting to murder his daughter’s ex-partner by stabbing him with a Swiss army knife has been caged for six years. Paul Barclay chased Lennon Lawson down the street before plunging the blade into him twice and leaving him...

FAMILIES’ BABY UNIT CONCERNS ‘NOT GIVEN WEIGHT’

A BLAIRGOWRIE mum whose daughter suffered a stroke at birth has been left disappointed by First Minister John Swinney’s reaction to the proposed downgrading of Ninewells neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Lauren Bruce was invited to meet with the...

DOPEY DRUG DEALER CAUGHT RED-HANDED AT FESTIVAL

A DOPEY drug dealer was caught red-handed selling cocaine and ecstasy at doof in the Park in Dundee. Blair Murray made full admissions and co-operated after being clocked by security at the Camperdown Park festival on July 5 last year. The first...

DUNDEE MAN ADMITS ROLE IN ‘RAPE PLOT’

EXPLOSIONS HEARD AS COPS PROBE CAR BLAZE

RESIDENTS were told to return to their homes after several explosions were heard from a burning car in Dundee. Shocked locals on St Mary Street awoke in the early hours of Wednesday morning to find a vehicle well alight. Firefighters were scrambled...

PEDESTRIAN RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER CITY CRASH

POLICE closed off a section of Dundee city centre after a pedestrian was rushed to hospital following a collision with a car. Officers cordoned off the junction of Dock Street and Whitehall Crescent yesterday morning. Police Scotland said it received...

DUNDEE WOMAN KNIFED EX-PARTNER, 70, IN HEAD

A DUNDEE woman knifed her 70-year-old ex-lover in the top of the head in a life-endangering attack, then told paramedics he injured himself falling over in the bathroom. Laura King assaulted former boyfriend Robert Robertson with a serrated kitchen...

BID FOR £1M FOOTBALL FACILITY IN LOCHEE

MAN JAILED FOR CHILD SEX ASSAULT AND DEALING DRUGS

AN “opportunistic” sex attacker who targeted a teenager in Dundee after plying her with cocaine has been hit with a hefty jail term. Jason Campbell was found guilty of sexually assaulting the 16-yearold female on various occasions in November...

FAMILY’S WORLD CUP NIGHTMARE

VIOLENCE OF THE HAMS

A DUNDEE man claims he was “dragged” out of a Lidl supermarket by security staff after trying to return a packet of ham. The incident happened at a store on Dura Street, just yards from Brian Knight’s Stobswell home. The 52-year-old – who has liver...

COUPLE’S MATCH OF THE TAY IN BOSTON

A TAYSIDE couple have described the “beautiful” moment they were engaged in Boston while supporting Scotland at the World Cup. Isla Galbraith, 25, from Dundee, and Jamie Stewart, 28, from Alyth, travelled to the US to follow Steve Clarke’s side as...

‘AM I BANNED?’

A TEENAGER who led police on a dangerous, highspeed chase which ended on the Kingsway has been freed ahead of sentencing, despite a warning he will kill someone. Thomas Mullen tore through a roundabout and a red light and drove on the wrong side of...

DEALER LED COPS ON HIGH SPEED CHASE

A Cocaine-dealing joiner sped off from police in Dundee at double the 30mph limit after officers clocked him driving an uninsured Mercedes. More than £2,500 worth of the Class A drug was seized after Daniel Murphy was eventually arrested. Murphy tore...

BRUTAL THIEF BIT WOMAN IN ATTEMPT TO STEAL £10

A THIEF bit a woman’s hand trying to wrestle £10 from her grip at Arbroath bus station. Wayne Martin sat down next to his 23-year-old victim, a healthcare assistant, on April 5 and said: “You’re getting robbed you stupid b **** .” The repeat offender...

POLICE GAVE WRONG INFO OVER KNIFE CHAOS

POLICE chiefs have admitted that the initial information the force shared about a knife incident in Dundee “did not fully reflect the situation”. Ilia Belov, 22, was found guilty at Dundee Sheriff Court this week of making sexual remarks at teenagers...

THOUSANDS RAISED TO BRING HARRY HOME

TRIBUTES are being paid to a Dundee teenager who has died suddenly while on holiday in Spain. Harry Whitton, 18, was on holiday in Benidorm with his girlfriend when the tragedy happened. His devastated family is now fundraising in a bid to bring...

‘NOBODY’S GOING TO FIX YOUR PROBLEMS’

BOBBY Bingham has never lived in the Dundee multis. But as a resource assistant at Hilltown Community Centre, he sees many of the challenges facing residents every day. The 62-year-old musician and community worker believes Dundee needs a...

TWISTED KITTEN KILLER SPARED PRISON

A CRUEL pet owner who inflicted horrific injuries on a 10-month-old kitten that later had to be put to sleep has been spared jail. The male cat named Shadow had his eye removed and suffered “extremely painful” broken bones over a four-month period at...

COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST TRAVELLERS

TRUCK DRIVER THROTTLED PARTNER OVER MESSAGES

A TRUCKER from Dundee throttled his partner and broke both her finger and phone in a fit of rage after being challenged about messages he had been sending. David Lopes attacked his on-off partner of two years after being confronted about contact he...

6 TEENS CHARGED AFTER CITY CENTRE DISORDER

SIX teenage boys have been charged after largescale “disorder” in Dundee city centre. Significant disorder occurred in the city centre on May 17 after a match at Dens Park with Aberdeen. Officers were forced to draw batons during incidents in and...

PURGE ON CRIME AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AT MULTIS

STANDING outside Hilltown Court in Dundee, council leader and Coldside councillor Mark Flynn doesn’t need much prompting to see the problems at the multis. Behind him, the ground is littered with rubbish thrown from upper levels of the multi: plastic...

BURGER BARRED

STOP OR I’LL SCOOT!

POLICE pulled over a mobility scooter as part of an incident on a busy Dundee road. Officers arrived with blue lights on Victoria Road, where traffic had begun to build up behind the vehicle. The incident drew attention from people leaving the...

PERVERT TEACHER’S MASK OF SHAME

A DRAMA teacher at a Dundee secondary school used the Heimlich manoeuvre to sexually assault a young girl in front of her classmates. Mobile phone footage captured Stephen Gillespie putting his arms around the 13-year-old’s waist and repeatedly...

RESIDENTS WANT ANSWERS OVER £1M LIGHT BILL

ANGRY Dundee residents are calling on council officials to explain why they are being charged thousands of pounds for unwanted work at their flats. This week dozens attended a meeting at the Menzieshill Parish Church to voice concerns over rewiring...

‘THERE’S GOOD ORDINARY FOLK HERE TOO’

ON a bench outside Hilltown Court, 44-yearold Dundee man Ryan Mitchell is trying on a pair of second-hand trainers. He says he got them from a charity shop because his old pair were too small and hurting his toes. Now, sitting in the morning sun...

DUNDEE ABUSER FINALLY BEHIND BARS

A CONTROLLING domestic abuser fled to Malaysia to evade justice for decades of violence towards his wives and children in Dundee and Angus. Douglas Guild was finally remanded in custody after a jury at Dundee Sheriff Court convicted him of multiple...

EX-LAWYER GUILTY OF THREATS TO CITY COUNCILLOR

A FORMER New York lawyer who was once jailed for shooting a man point blank to the back of the head with a hunting rifle has been found guilty of sending menacing messages to Dundee depute lord provost Nadia El-nakla and the country’s top prosecutor...

THUG’S BEHAVIOUR WAS MOST ‘VIOLENT’ EVER SEEN

NURSES with more than 20 years of experience between them said a vile thug’s behaviour in the Ninewells emergency department was the most “violent and abusive” they had ever seen. Police officers and medical staff were subjected to hours of abuse at...

EYESORE CARAVAN DESTROYED IN ARSON ATTACK Concerned residents call for action by council

A DERELICT caravan that sat on a Dundee street for eight years, while neighbours continually asked for its removal, has been destroyed in a deliberate fire. A week on from the blaze in Sandeman Street, concerned residents are once again asking Dundee...

DAD ADMITS TRYING TO KILL DAUGHTER’S ABUSIVE EX

A SLEEP-DEPRIVED Dundee dad has admitted attempting to murder his daughter’s abusive ex-boyfriend in a bloody knife attack. Paul Barclay twice stabbed his victim with a Swiss Army-style blade, leaving him on a street in the city’s Hilltown...

‘TEEN YOBS’ CAUSE CHAOS IN CITY CENTRE

DUNDEE city centre shoppers and bar staff were left terrified as “teenage yobs” caused chaos in the city on Sunday. Video captured in the city centre shows youths fighting, shouting and causing trouble throughout the day. The scenes were filmed...

THUG TOLD BY SHERIFF TO ‘BRING A BAG’

UNITED LEGEND ADMITS CAMPAIGN OF ABUSE

DUNDEE United and St Johnstone legend Alan Main has been convicted of domestic abuse. The former goalkeeper appeared at Elgin Sheriff Court on Thursday after earlier admitting a campaign of abusive behaviour against his former partner. The court...

‘YOU’VE TURNED ME INTO A MONSTER’

A DOMESTIC brute who burst his girlfriend’s nose open blamed her for turning him into “a monster who hits women”. Bruce Findlay repeatedly called his victim from prison and demanded she retract a witness statement. He subjected his partner to a cruel...

ONE-PUNCH REVELLER JAILED FOR ATTACK AT DANCE EVENT

UTD MAKE THEIR POINT AS DEE GO DOWN AT KILLIE

DEREK Mcinnes has already psyched himself for a last-day title shootout at Celtic Park – even though his Hearts side could be crowned William Hill Premiership champions tonight. The Jambos – a point clear of Celtic at the summit – need four points...

WOMAN ‘SPIRALLED AFTER GROOMING GANG ABUSE’

A COURT heard how a woman’s life spiralled out of control after being subjected to sexual abuse at the hands of a grooming gang in Dundee. Five Romanian nationals plied their victims with crack cocaine and sexually exploited 10 different women between...

CITY SEX OFFENDER SPARED JAIL FOR ASSAULT ON GIRL, 14

A CONVICTED sex offender who started two fires at a Perth block of flats, forcing neighbours to flee for their lives, has been told he was lucky not to be facing a murder charge. Around 20 firefighters spent more than two-andhalf hours battling the...

CREWS BATTLE FLATS FIRE

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze at a block of flats in Dundee yesterday. Four fire engines and a height appliance were called to Finavon Street in Fintry. Plumes of smoke were seen billowing from the roof shortly before 11am. The Scottish Fire...

MAN, 33, ‘SERIOUSLY INJURED’ IN FALL FROM WINDOW Cops continuing inquiries into Menzieshill incident

A MAN was taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling from a window in Dundee. Police remained at the scene on Lossie Place, just off Thurso Gardens, in Menzieshill yesterday morning, two days after the incident on Tuesday evening. A large...