Man, 56, guilty of supplying heroin

George Bryceland, 56, a prisoner at HM Prison Perth, was found guilty of two charges after a three-day trial at the High Court in Aberdeen.

The jury was previously told that after being approached by police officers in Forthill Road, Broughty Ferry, on December 13 last year, Bryceland ran into a driveway and discarded a package with 20.83g of heroin in it, with a street value of about £2,000.

He had claimed that the drugs were for his personal use.

The court heard he was also found with electronic scales with traces of the drug on them and £250 in cash.

Giving evidence, Bryceland claimed he had purchased the heroin for £400 from a man in Stobswell on the day he was arrested and was on his way to a friend’s house to take it when he was stopped by the police officers.

When advocate depute Allan Nicol put it to the accused that he supplied the drug to pay for his addiction, Bryceland said he actually funded his habit by doing “odd jobs”, as well as selling items at car boot sales with his sister, Gillian Neilson.

Ms Neilson gave evidence, claiming she had purchased the scales found in Bryceland’s pocket, as she wanted him to measure the amount of heroin he was injecting, to avoid him suffering an overdose.

Bryceland told the court that he and his sister had planned a three-week trip to London to visit their terminally ill mother, and the 20.83g of heroin would be the amount he would need to take with him “to keep him going”.

He had denied that on December 13 last year, at Forthill Road, Broughty Ferry, he intentionally obstructed Colin McKenzie and Raymond Birnie, both police officers, ran from them and discarded a bag of diamorphine, also known as heroin, contrary to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

He further denied that on the same date, at various addresses in Dundee, he was concerned in the supply of diamorphine, a Class A drug.

The jury of seven women and eight men found Bryceland guilty on both charges on Friday.

Judge Lord Clark deferred sentence on Bryceland until July 14 and he was remanded in custody.

A DUNDEE man has been found guilty of being concerned in the supply of heroin.

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George Bryceland