Horror pair jailed for attacks in city

A COUPLE who terrorised a man and took up residence in his home after causing him to flee have been locked up.

Anthony Hill, 46, and Dana Johnson, 34, also attacked and robbed a woman. The pair were found guilty of attacks between May and June on multiple streets in the city.

They made off with just £17 when they assaulted and robbed the woman in the common close and rear garden of a property on Kinghorne Road on May 4.

They were convicted of striking the woman on the head with a stone, pushing her on the body, repeatedly pulling her hair and covering her mouth to prevent her from shouting for help.

Hill and Johnson then repeatedly demanded money from her, threatened to strike her with a knife and robbed her of £17.

Between May 1 and June 6 on Mains Road and Stirling Street, they repeatedly entered a man’s home uninvited and demanded money and medication from him, before causing him to flee his home and taking up residence there.

They then threatened to stab him on June 6 on Court Street and Sandeman Street before repeatedly demanding money from him, brandishing a broken glass pipe and attempting to rob him.

Hill, a prisoner at Perth, and Johnson, a prisoner at Polmont Brightons, were found guilty of three charges on indictment by jurors at Dundee Sheriff Court.

Solicitor Anne Duffy, representing Hill, said the crimes against the male victim occurred after Hill had paid off a drug debt for his victim and had not been repaid.

Sheriff Alastair Carmichael told the pair: “I think you know here that because of your records, there is no alternative but a custodial sentence.”

Hill was locked up for 45 months while Johnson was ordered to serve 30 months in prison. Sheriff Carmichael also imposed a 12-month supervision order on the pair on their release.

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