Thief found guilty after two-day trial

Following a two-day trial at Dundee Sheriff Court, Jamie Lee Ottaway — a prisoner at Perth — was unanimously found guilty of four charges by a jury.

Several other charges were dropped during the course of the trial.

After the verdict, Sheriff Alastair Brown told Ottaway that given his previous record of offending — which has included lengthy spells in jail — that there was no alternative to a prison sentence.

The trial heard that on August 31 last year, at Woodlands Gardens, Ottoway had attempted to open the door of a car by pulling at the handle and attempted to force open a lock-fast car with intent to steal.

Then, on the same date and at the same place, 35-year-old Ottoway attempted to open a car door by pulling on the handle and attempting to force open a lockfast Audi car with intent to steal.

Ottoway was also unanimously found guilty of — on the same date and at the same place — attempting to open another lockfast car with intent to steal.

The court also heard that on the same date and at the same location, Ottoway entered a lockfast car and stole earphones.

The offences were all committed while acting with another person.

Ottoway was sentenced to two years in prison.

A MAN who broke i nto B&Q, King’s Cross Road, Dundee, was jailed for 16 months.

Kevin Gilmartin, 33, a prisoner at Perth, admitted four charges at the city’s sheriff court.

He admitted to the B&Q break-in, on January 29 last year, during which he stole an axe and crowbar.

He further admitted breaching bail by failing to appear at court on October 24.

He also admitted that on May 25, at PS Ridgeway, Smeaton Road, he entered an unlocked vehicle and stole 12 bottles of wine, and, on the same date, at Smeaton Road, he possessed a knife.

The sheriff jailed Gilmartin for six months and four months consecutively on the first two charges and for another six months — consecutive to those sentences — on the offensive weapon charge.

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Jamie Lee Ottaway