Weekend court roll – a catfishing fraudster and a one-punch killer
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Our reporters have been sitting in courtrooms across the north and north-east this week and covered a wide variety of cases.
Crime and courts
Organised crime lawyer guilty of dealing £87,000 of ketamine from Peterculter home
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Amanda Lothian denied dealing the class B drug during the Covid-19 pandemic but a jury found her guilty.
Peterhead barber brandished butterknives at men outside Wetherspoon
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Haydar Yaman claimed it was a "one man on 50" situation when he asked bar staff where they kept the steak knives.
Elgin man who refused to comply with police in a layby handed roads ban
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Fraser Houston had intended to spend the night in his car following an argument at home.
Aberdeen man sexually abused young girl so often it became ‘normal’
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Keith Grant preyed on the girl at addresses in the north-east when she was as young as seven.
Prolific Aberdeen drug dealer back behind bars
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Colin Gillies has been jailed several times and lost his leg to drug abuse, the High Court in Edinburgh was told.
Repeat Aberdeen drink-driver admits offence ‘yet again’
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Sheriff Gareth Jones said three-time drink-driver Richard McAllister was “lucky not to be going to prison”.
Aberdeen one-punch killer sentenced to seven years in prison
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Derek Pearson killed Aberdeen dad Steven Johnson outside a city centre bar and was convicted of culpable homicide last month.
Dornoch soldier handed marching orders from the roads after drink driving
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Jake McLaughlin admitted to police earlier this year that he had driven his car after consuming alcohol.
Teen denies paint and rock attack on Aberdeen mosque
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Jayden Wallace, 18, has been charged under hate crime legislation following last month's incident.
Inverness domestic abuser threatened to kill ‘the love of his life’
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Scott Smith, who repeatedly targeted his ex-girlfriend with threats and violence, has narrowly avoided a prison sentence.
Swerving drug-driver from Maud gets roads ban
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Keith Simpson, representing himself at court, admitted to driving while under the influence and to possessing cannabis.
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Man charged following spate of thefts in Aberdeen and Deeside
Aberdeen man brutally attacked woman after refusing to leave house party
Man who threw rocks at passing cars branded a danger to the public
£13 million Aberdeen fraudster tells judge he is broke and homeless
Bolton man who took over Aberdeen house to sell drugs avoids prison
Aberdeen duo on two-day drugs bender assaulted men and stole sandwiches
Weekend court roll – a high-rise killer and violent kids’ football coach
Aberdeen man pulled hammer after bus crash and threatened to tie up and rape children
Mystery still surrounds the death of Willie McRae 40 years after he was found in the Highlands
Stonehaven man who groped woman outside pub was ‘making a joke’ but got it ‘badly wrong’
Jail for paedophile who described underwear-clad child as ‘young and fresh’
Aberdeen woman shook baby that would not stop crying
Aberdeen thug back behind bars after making more threats to murder ex
Inverurie sex predator jailed after he was found hiding phone under garden shed
Dangerous disqualified Dingwall driver drove into oncoming traffic
Dog owner let off by court after ‘troubled’ Staffie bites member of the public
Social media insults spilled over into real-life violence
Murderer Nat Fraser kept in prison on day of his mum’s funeral
Unpaid work for Peterhead pub attacker unhappy with his lot in life
Ellon paedophile caught with computer software that deletes internet history
Video shows shocking Aberdeen knife threat in King Street bust-up
Aberdeen drug user threatened neighbours because he thought their flat was vibrating
Fraserburgh man threatened to murder woman over stolen phone
Highland pair in court accused of endangering passengers by going on railway line
