Warrant issued for arrest

A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a former soldier who admitted committing a breach of the peace and assaulting a police officer at a veterans’ residence.

Dylan Nolan, 20, formerly of Rosendael S c o t t i s h Ve t e r a n s ’ Residences,Victoria Road, Broughty Ferry, but now living i n Glasgow, was due to be sentenced at Dundee Sheriff Court after admitting that he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause fear or alarm, acted a g g r e s s i v e l y, shouted and swore, removed fire extinguishers from a wall bracket and threw them on the f l o o r, and uttered threats at the Scottish Veterans’ Residences on November 23.

He also admitted assaulting PC Kieran Bradley by butting him on the body at the same place on the same date.

Sentence on Nolan had previously been deferred for reports.

However, he failed to appear in court and Sheriff Alastair Brown granted a warrant for his arrest.

Outgoing and energetic Marc Leggatt was a mainstay of hockey in the city from the age of seven, playing field, roller and ice hockey, representing teams around the country including the Dundee Ducks, Glenrothes Grizzlies and the Dundee Tigers.

He died at his Kirkton home last week. He was just 27 years old.

The former Baldragon Academy pupil sought medical help when he felt unwell after collapsing. Doctors then found he was suffering from stage four cancer, which had begun in his bile duct and spread to his liver.

Marc, part of the Grizzlies team which was crowned British champions, was known on the ice for his slick skating skills and powerful slap-shot.

His family today paid tribute to the “full of beans” hockey player who “never stopped smiling — right up until the end”.

Mum Alison said: “At the end I was losing a little piece of him every day. He never gave up. He just focused on what was working on. That was the way he had always been. He was always the life and soul of the party.”

Marc’s sister Natasha added: “He was so outgoing and so energetic.

“It was such a shock but it was really quick and he was holding hands with my mum at home. That is what he wanted — it was painless.”

Marc was hospitalised in December with doctors saying he had weeks to live. But he managed to fight back and enjoy a final Christmas and new year surrounded by his loved ones, including the “doting uncy’s” nephew Ethan.

Alison added: “Marc said: ‘I am going home for Christmas’ and that is what he did — he wouldn’t give up.”

When Marc was first diagnosed, a

AN “AMAZING” Dundee hockey star died holding his mum’s hand after a battle with cancer.