Evening Telegraph (First Edition)

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...

SCREWDRIVER ATTACKER JAILED FOR LOVE RIVAL MURDER BID

AN armed attacker was jailed for more than seven years for repeatedly stabbing a man in Dundee with a screwdriver after telling him: “You s ****** my bird.” Despite desperate attempts to disarm him, Ryan Paul, 27, wounded his victim with the weapon...

COPS PROBE SINISTER THREATS MADE TO REFORM CANDIDATE

POLICE are probing an email sent to Reform UK’S Dundee City East election candidate in which he was told to “f*** off and die”. MSP hopeful Mark Simpson was sent sinister correspondence urging him to take his own life on Monday morning, just days...

DELIVERY DRIVER ‘HIT BY 1KG ICE CREAM TUB’

A DUNDEE delivery driver has hit out at a customer he claims threw a 1kg tub of ice cream at his head. Syed Misbah Hussain says an Uber customer launched the item at the “top of his head”, causing “severe head and neck pain”. The 34-year-old dad has...

BRUTE MADE THREATS TO MURDER WOMAN

CHILLING footage captured the moment a Dundee businessman violently attacked a vulnerable woman on his shop floor. Convicted drug dealer Robert Mackowiak, 39, grabbed Lisa Simpson before seizing her neck and knocking her to the floor at Iron Bodies on...

‘SEX ATTACK BY CO-WORKER LEFT ME TERRIFIED’

A DUNDEE woman says she was left traumatised after being sexually assaulted by a colleague while working at a care home. Tammi Mackay was abused by colleague Clive Chappell at South Grange Nursing Home in Monifieth in 2024. The care assistant has...

PROBE INTO HANNAH’S DEATH ORDERED

Hannah Mcinally died at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary following complications of an undiagnosed ruptured ectopic pregnancy in November 2021. The 24-year-old lived in Aberdeen and was originally from Dundee. She worked at Dyce Academy and was in her...

‘I COULD ONLY STAND AND WATCH AS IT BURNED’

THE Dundee-based owner of the St Michaels Inn in Fife says the hotel has been destroyed after a late-night fire. Businessman Graham Bradley spoke exclusively to the Tele after the “devastating” blaze at the historic property. Five people were in the...

‘WE CAN’T BELIEVE WE WON’T SEE HIM AGAIN’

A DUNDEE man who died at Clatto Reservoir has been remembered as a devoted family man who cherished every moment with his children. Keir Grant, 45, from Mid Craigie, died at Ninewells Hospital after being recovered from the water at Clatto on...

MUM’S SHOCK AT CENSORED AUTISM SUPPORT REPORT

DRUNK LAUNCHED SAVAGE BITE ATTACK ON WOMAN

HARROWING body-worn footage captured the aftermath of a drunk man’s savage bite attack on a petrified woman in a Broughty Ferry hotel. The victim’s chilling screams and cries for help bellowed around a courtroom as video evidence from the manager of...

MACHETE ATTACK TEEN RELEASED

A BALACLAVA-CLAD teenager who attacked a love rival in Dundee with a machete has been freed from custody after almost a year on remand. Jayden Harding was masked when he struck the man on the back of the head with the lethal weapon and knocking him to...

CITY CAT KILLER WARNED HE COULD BE JAILED

A 10-MONTH-OLD kitten had to be euthanised after suffering horrific injuries at the hands of its cruel Dundee owner. The male cat, named Shadow, had to have an eye removed and suffered “extremely painful” broken bones over a four-month period. Vets...

BANNED DRIVER ADMITS KILLING CITY MUM

A MAN has admitted causing the death of a mother from Dundee in a horrific crash in the north of England earlier this year. Disqualified driver Sean Hogan, 46, was driving the Peugeot 407 Coupe in which Jade Duncan, 41, was the front seat passenger,...

CITY MAN NAMED AS DRIVER KILLED IN M90 CRASH

DUNDEE man John Lawson has been named as the driver killed after a car was driven the wrong way on the M90 near Kinross. The crash also claimed the life of a 20-year-old motorist. Mr Lawson, 44, was driving a grey Ford Kuga on Friday night. Police...

‘BOB MADE THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY HIS FOCUS’

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Dundee lord provost after his death earlier this month. Bob Duncan died peacefully at Ninewells Hospital on April 3, aged 79. The Dundee born-and-bred SNP councillor became lord provost in May 2012 and held the...

INQUIRY INTO FATAL DOG ATTACK

A FATAL accident inquiry is to take place into the death of a man killed by a dog while working in kennels. Adam Watts, 55, the owner and operator of Juniper Kennels and Cattery in Auchterhouse, near Dundee, was killed by a large bulldog on December...

RAPE SURVIVOR IN ‘LIFELONG EMOTIONAL PRISON’

A YOUNG woman raped by a bodybuilder from Dundee said she is in a “lifelong emotional prison” from which she cannot escape. The rape survivor spoke out after her tormentor, Nicholas Grannell, was jailed for the attack. Grannell, 27, of South Dock...

TEEN TELLS COURT SHE USED AXE AND KNIFE TO STOP ATTACK

A YOUNG girl described to a court how she produced an axe and a knife from her waistband to stop her sister being attacked in a Dundee car park. The 13-year-old claimed she was assaulted by a man who had made sexual remarks towards her in the Lochee...

NAVY VET LEFT WOMAN SCARRED IN ATTACK

A ROYAL Navy veteran left a terrified woman permanently scarred after an attack on her and her 12-year-old daughter as they walked home in Dundee. Grant Duncan ran towards the woman, punched her repeatedly and threatened to kill her in the west end...

MULTIS FIRE SPARKS MAJOR 999 RESPONSE

A MULTIPLE emergency response was triggered after fire broke out at a Dundee multi yesterday evening. Four fire crews, six police cars and an ambulance descended on Tulloch Court in Hilltown shortly after 5pm. A special operations response team was...

‘I WAS SO DESPERATE TO WIN IT FOR HER’

DUNDEE United strengthened their grip on seventh spot in the Premiership with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Livingston. The Lions were on course for a shock triumph – their first since beating Falkirk on August 6 – when Lewis Smith’s brace cancelled out...

JAIL FOR ABUSER WHO DR WIFE TO HER DE

‘SELFISH’ BANNED DRIVER LED COPS ON 85MPH CHASE

A “SELFISH” and “thoughtless” banned driver reached speeds of 85mph as he blitzed across Dundee in a chaotic police chase. Josh Mclean, 35, is back behind bars after fleeing a petrol station to escape officers who knew he was disqualified from the...

‘SMILING LAUGHING’ IONA LOSES CANCER BATTLE

DATING SITE DUO JAILED FOR £2,000 SEXTORTION SCAM

A PAIR of Dundee dating site blackmailers who gained £2,000 in a “sextortion” scam have been jailed. Brandon Marnie and Corey Anderson were slated for their plot, in which they posed as a young boy and convinced a 63-year-old man to send indecent...

‘EXTRA PATROLS STOPPED PLANNED VIOLENCE’

FEARS of organised clashes involving young people in Dundee over the weekend prompted a surge in police patrols. Officers said they had received “credible information” of potential disorder. Reports of potential flashpoints at Caird Park, Lochee Park...

THOUSANDS BEING SPENT ON REPAIRS AT £32M CENTRE

PROBLEMS with the floor at a flagship Dundee sports centre have been going on for years, with the council forced to spend thousands on temporary fixes, the Telegraph can reveal. The £32 million Regional Performance Centre for Sport (RPC) at Caird Park...

COPS TOLD: ‘TAKE A RIDE ON THE BUS’ Calls for more police visibility to help tackle rise in youth-related antisocial behaviour

POLICE have been urged to ‘take a ride on the buses’ in a bid to tackle ‘youth-related’ antisocial behaviour in Broughty Ferry. Residents are calling for more patrols from officers after a 13-year-old boy was allegedly found in possession of an...

TEXAS COLESLAW BRASSICA

THE OWNERS of Dundee FC and Fife’s Scottish Deer Centre are behind plans to open a new Texas barbecue restaurant in the city. The first branch of Smokey Mo’s located outside of Texas will open in the former Brassica restaurant space under Caird Hall....

£1 MILLION PUB TO CLOSE FOR GOOD

A MAN was repeatedly stabbed with a screwdriver in a brutal murder bid in Dundee after his attacker told him: “You s ****** my bird”. Ryan Paul, 27, wounded his victim with the weapon after a confrontation at a shop, despite attempts to disarm...

NIGHTCLUB BOSS GUILTY OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

A DUNDEE nightclub boss guilty of domestic abuse lasting almost a year has been given a chance to impress social workers. Aydin Dag, 45, previously admitted an abusive course of conduct towards a woman between December 2024 and November 2025. He...

‘TERRIFIED’ FAMILY HIT BY TWO ARSON ATTACKS

A DUNDEE family say they have been left “terrified” after their home was targeted in two fireraising attempts in a matter of days. Police are investigating fires at the family’s Arbroath Road home on February 27 and March 8, which caused substantial...

ROBBER ‘TOO DANGEROUS FOR CANADA’ STABBED VICTIM

AN armed robber once branded too dangerous for Canada stormed into a Dundee flat, battered a man with a claw hammer and stabbed him. Ross Macdonald kicked the front door so hard it smashed into a woman’s face and left her permanently scarred. Dundee...

ENFORCERS PETROLBOMBED CITY HOMES

TWO homes in Dundee were targeted in petrolbomb attacks by a drug dealer and a masked enforcer who were out to recover debts. Shocking footage captured the moment a makeshift bomb in a glass bottle was launched over a trampoline and into a garden,...

OWNER JAILED FOR SHOCKING NEGLECT OF DOGS

A PET owner who neglected his dogs until one savaged the other to death has been sent to prison for 12 months. Shih tzu Harley had been crushed and killed by David Dye’s Staffordshire bull terrier Stella and the police discovered the animals in his...

TRIBUTES TO YOUTH FOOTBALL LEGEND

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Dundee youth football manager who has died at the age of 75. David Webster, dubbed “Mr Lincraig”, dedicated decades of his life to grassroots football. He was involved with several clubs but will be best remembered for...

CONCERNS STILL REMAIN OVER DEE’S NOU CAMPY

SCOTLAND’S transport chiefs say “further clarification and evidence” is still needed over Dundee FC’S plans for a new stadium at Camperdown. The Evening Telegraph understands talks have been progressing well and all parties are working to find a...

JAIL FOR POLICE CHASE ‘STUNT DRIVER’

A MENACE likened to a “Hollywood stunt driver” who forced a mum carrying her baby to jump out the way as he blitzed down Dundee’s Murraygate has been hit with a lengthy jail term. Shocking CCTV footage captured Reece Massie, one of the city’s most...

WHOOPS

THE opening of the Dundee’s first Ikea store has been delayed after a major setback. The Swedish furniture giant was set to open its new store at the Kingsway West Retail Park yesterday. But this has been delayed as Ikea is yet to receive a crucial...

DAUGHTER TREATED LIKE ‘PUNCH BAG’ BY BULLIES

A DUNDEE mum claims her daughter has been treated “like a punching bag” during months of bullying at a city primary school. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, alleges her child has suffered physical and racial abuse at Downfield Primary...

MORE JAIL TIME FOR KIRKTON RIOT THUG

ONE of the Kirkton rioters who will not be freed until 2027 has been given further time in custody for driving while disqualified. George Reid was locked up for 38 months in January for his part in the 2022 Halloween riot that engulfed the Dundee...

SERIAL RAPIST HELD WOMEN AT KNIFEPOINT

A SERIAL rapist who held knives at women’s throats during a series of terrifying attacks in Dundee has been jailed for 14 years. Alexander Steven, 52, carried out assaults on five vulnerable women between October 2020 and October 2022. A judge told...

‘HE LOVED DFC, A PINT AND HIS FAMILY’

DOUG Hill, a fanatical Dundee FC supporter, engineer and businessman who survived everything from a childhood shooting accident to a lightning strike has died aged 87. The former chief engineer at Thompson Shepherd carpet factory who went on to found...

THUG ADMITS BRUTAL TORTURE OF MAN

BRUTE WHO TRIED TO SHAKE BABY TO DEATH FOUND GUILTY

A MAN accused of the attempted murder of a baby in Arbroath by violently shaking her has been found guilty by a jury. Josh Coates, a compulsive liar with anger issues, denied his attack on the four-month-old baby but a jury took just half an hour to...

RACIST UTD FAN BANNED FROM EVERY GROUND IN BRITAIN

A DUNDEE United fan has been banned from all UK football games after a vile racist tirade at a steward who tried to stop her entering Pittodrie through the wrong turnstile on matchday. Vikki Ogilvie was confronted by the male steward after she was...

ROGAN BOSH!

AN armed robber who got knocked out by a passer-by has been jailed for 40 months at Dundee Sheriff Court. Charles Conroy was also given a further 12-month supervised release period. The hammer-wielding crook was punched to the ground after brazenly...

FLOOR WARS

‘REST EASY LITTLE CHARLIE – THAT ONE WAS FOR YOU’

DUNDEE FC match-winner Fin Robertson dedicated his decisive goal against Motherwell on Saturday to young Fife footballer Charlie Melville, who died after a shock brain tumour diagnosis. Charlie, 11, died on March 2, nine months after a devastating...

CALL THE FUN POLICE

A DUNDEE mum says she has been left “mortified” after a city activity centre claimed parents tried to “bully, harass and intimidate” staff during two children’s parties. Kirsty Andrews, 38, was celebrating her son Harry’s 11th birthday at Funparx...

COUNCIL TAX UP BY

■ Band D properties will increase by £124.35 a year as SNP budget approved ■ Extra cash will go towards street cleaning and road maintenance ■ £100,000 pledged to keep Broughty Castle open for three more years

‘I AM DONE PROTECTING MY ABUSER’

THE survivor of traumatic abuse at the hands of her violent ex-boyfriend has shared the chilling secret recording that helped bring him to justice. Jemma Costello has spoken out about the ordeal she experienced at the hands of Fritz Mbabid. He...

CITY WIFE KILLER COMMITTED CHILD SEX OFFENCES

THE killer of tragic Kimberley Milne committed child sex offences a year after she died on the Kingsway in Dundee, the Tele can reveal. Lee Milne, 39, sexually assaulted two boys in Forfar. Details of previous convictions are not available to juries...

JUSTICE FOR KIMBERLEY

Evil husband’s terrifying domestic abuse campaign drove tragic 28-year-old to her death in fall from Kingsway overpass

HORRIFYING ATTACK FOOTAGE LEFT GIRL, 14, DISTRESSED

PAEDOPHILE JAILED FOR MURDER BID ON RUNNER

A REGISTERED sex offender who jumped out of bushes and stabbed a lone, female runner in a Dundee murder bid has been given a 12-year sentence. The woman courageously fought for her life against knife-wielding stranger Tommy Craig last May. Convicted...

THUG WORE CARTOON MASK DURING BRUTAL SEX ASSAULT

A PETRIFIED woman was held captive in a Dundee flat and subjected to sexual assault by a depraved predator wearing a Looney Tunes Tasmanian Devil mask. Scott Taylor, 57, hid the keys to his property in a washing machine to prevent the woman from...

ACCUSED TOLD COPS HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE WIFE

AN alleged Dundee killer told police he tried to save his wife before she fell from an overpass on to the road below, where she was hit by a lorry. Lee Milne, 39, is charged with the culpable homicide of Kimberley after an alleged campaign of domestic...

WOMAN ‘TRICKED INTO MARRIAGE’ BY ALLEGED KILLER

THE man accused of killing his wife, Kimberley Milne, tricked her into marriage, a court has heard. Kimberley Milne’s medical records were read out at the trial of 39-year-old Lee Milne, who is charged with her culpable homicide on July 27 2023 at the...

WITNESSES SAW ACCUSED ‘ASSAULT’ WIFE BEFORE DEATH

A MAN accused of killing his wife had her pinned against a wall shortly before she fell to her death on Dundee’s Kingsway thoroughfare, a witness has told a court. Daisy Whyte told the High Court she saw Lee Milne shouting at his wife beside a...