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.

Man jailed for stealing piggy bank from Aberdeen cafe

An Aberdeen man has been locked up after raiding a cafe and making off with a piggy bank full of tips.

Lee Paterson appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for sentencing over the incident at the Tartan Pig on Hollybank Place in Aberdeen.

The 29-year-old had been on early release from a High Court sentence when he smashed his way into the coffee shop on February 7 and legged it with the cafe’s piggy bank mascot which was used to collect tips. It had around £60 in at the time.

 width=
The damage to The Tartan Pig’s door

And yesterday Sheriff Ian Wallace jailed Paterson for four months over the raid, which he had previously pled guilty to.

Paterson was also handed a further five-month prison sentence for breaching a restriction of liberty order over another matter.

CCTV showed Paterson, whose address was given in court papers as Summerfield Terrace, Aberdeen, smash his way into the cafe shortly before midnight on February 7, snatching the tip jar and then fleeing the scene.


Keep up to date with the latest news with The Evening Express newsletter


The court was previously told Paterson had been in the cafe with another man during the day, and “asked some questions of the owner”, and did the same later.

It was said the owner thought his behaviour was “generally suspicious”.

Defence agent Michael Burnett said Paterson had pled at the earliest opportunity and had committed the offence as a result of his drug use.

This article originally appeared on the Evening Express website. For more information, read about our new combined website.