Threats incident man jailed

A MAN who threatened to “pluck” a staff member’s eyes out at a homeless hostel has been jailed for more than eight months.

At Dundee Sheriff Court, Stephen Byers, 29, of no fixed abode, admitted making the comment after “losing his temper” when he thought he wasn’t being treated fairly by staff at the Salvation Army Hostel, i n Ward Road, and the Lily Walker Centre.

He admitted t hat on March 20, at both homeless units, he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause fear or alarm, behaved aggressively and uttered threats to staff.

He further admitted that, at police HQ, Bell Street, he resisted arrest by three officers, struggled violently with them and repeatedly lashed out with his legs in an attempt to prevent arrest.

Sheriff Alastair Carmichael ordered him to return to prison for the 100-day unexpired portion of a previous sentence. He also jailed Byers for a further five months.

Yvonne and Dougy Barron have a host of different ornaments in their garden, but have now been stripped of a couple of their favourites after thieves struck.

The figures, which look like they are enjoying a spot of sunbathing, were naked apart from their iconic hats and boots — although Mrs Gnome also kept her pants on.

The couple bought the handmade characters while browsing a car boot sale in Errol.

Yvonne said she was taken by the ornaments, which were £10 each, because they “appealed to her sense of humour” — and she gave them pride of place in their Dykehead Place garden in Stobswell.

The 68-year-old retired cleaner said they have a host of different ornaments in their garden.

But it seems the crooks were only interested in making off with the unusual naked gnomes.

She said: “At the boot sale, the seller had made them himself and there were only four of them.

“I had never seen anything like them before. I thought they were brilliant, so we got two of them and put them in our garden.

“We were heading into the house and I noticed they were gone.

“I asked Dougy if he had moved them but he hadn’t — that’s when we realised they had been stolen.

“We have other gnomes in the garden — bigger ones — but the thieves weren’t interested in them. They were only interested in the nude gnomes.

“It is a shame because we won’t be able to replace them.”

Yvonne said she

CROOKS took gnome prisoners when they made off with two unique “nude” ornaments from a Dundee garden.

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