Abuser ‘danger to his wife’

A DOMESTIC abuser has been warned his attitude must change after he was branded a danger to his wife.

Marius Cioromela from Kirriemuir appeared for sentence before Sheriff Gregor Murray at Forfar after previously admitting offences including behaving in a threatening manner towards the woman at a house on Ogilvy Place, Arbroath, on October 20 last year, a breach of the peace in The Den, Kirriemuir, on June 23 and failing to appear in court on August 6.

Depute fiscal Laura McGillvery said the Crown had investigated the possibility of a non-harassment order to protect Cioromela’s partner but she had indicated she did not want that to be put in place.

Sheriff Gregor Murray t ol d the 40-year-old accused, of Knowehead Crescent: “Everything in the social work report suggests to me you are a man who’s dangerous to your wife.

“It is very clearly indicated that you won’t be able to comply with a supervision requirement, in other words they think you will not be able to do what is needed to focus on your offending.”

The sheriff added: “I am prepared to put you on a community payback order with a review in a short time.

“If you don’t knuckle down and agree what’s being requested of you, you will be going to jail.”

NOMINATIONS for NHS Tayside’s 2020 NHS Tayside Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) Awards are now open – and patients are encouraged to come forward to nominate the hospital’s best staff.

The awards were officially launched yesterday, with new categories designed to recognise staff teams and individuals who have gone above and beyond to deliver care to patients this year.

Categories now include outstanding clinical individual, outstanding non-clinical individual,

LOCAL music stars and other city ambassadors have welcomed the line-up for a major BBC festival in Dundee.

As reported in the Tele yesterday, BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend returns to Camperdown Park on May 22-24 after 14 years, with some big names on the bill.

It represents the first time the festival has made a second trip to the same city.

Biffy Clyro, Calvin Harris and Harry Styles are among the first acts to be announced.

Dundee City Council leader John Alexander has expressed his excitement about the event.

He said: “I met BBC representatives to discuss our involvement on August 7 last year, at which point Dundee was one of a few potential host locations.

“As you can imagine, it’s been a nightmare keeping tight-lipped.

“They already knew that Camperdown Park was a superb venue for this event from their experience in 2006.

“I was clear with them and with council officials that under no