Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

North-east man accused of armed robbery denies taking part because he was buying drugs elsewhere at the time

Aberdeen Sheriff Court
Aberdeen Sheriff Court

A north-east man accused of carrying out an armed robbery at a property in Fraserburgh has denied carrying out the act – and said he was buying drugs at the time.

Slessor Buchan and Scott Fowler are on trial at the High Court in Aberdeen where they are alleged to have robbed Colin Verral’s home in Fraserburgh earlier this year.

The duo are accused of demanding drugs and money, pointing a gun into Mr Verral’s face, shooting it into the ceiling, kneeing him and taking money and an iPhone, while acting with others.

LeeAnn Shaw, who is serving a jail sentence for being involved in the robbery, previously told the court she had been dropped off at the property in a car with Buchan and Fowler.

She said that after she left them and knocked on the door, three people whom she could not identify charged in behind her.

Yesterday, Buchan took to the stand and denied being involved saying he had driven with Fowler before going to a nearby address to buy heroin.

He said Miss Shaw had been picked up in the car later in the night.

But Advocate Depute Keith O’Mahony refused to accept his version of events.

He pointed to the fact that Mr Verral had said someone matching the build of him and Fowler carried out the robbery and asked him what he made of that.

Buchan replied: “I would say there are 10,000 people in Fraserburgh who match it.”

Mr O’Mahony then said: “I am going to suggest that the evidence you have given today is nothing but lies.”

He replied: “I totally disagree.”

Buchan, 39, and Fowler, 37, deny the charges against them.

The trial, before Lord Uist, continues.