Boxer denies assaulting two police officers at park with his girlfriend

A BOXER and his girlfriend accused of attacking police at a city leisure park will stand trial next month.

Stephen Donald, 21, and 19-year-old Abbie Dailly are charged with assaulting two officers on Dayton Drive, within Camperdown Leisure Park, on March 15.

Donald, an amateur boxer with the St Francis club, is also alleged to have made homophobic remarks during the incident.

Prosecutors allege that Donald came to the attention of officers because he was driving a car whose registration plate was obscured and not easily distinguishable.

He is also accused of failing to use headlights at 11.30pm as well as driving without a valid test certificate.

Donald allegedly struggled violently with PCs Ross Hunter and Mark Reid and refused to comply with their instructions.

It is also alleged that Dailly physically interfered with officers in order to prevent Donald from being arrested.

Donald denies swearing at police and making homophobic remarks.

Dailly is then alleged to have punched both PC Hunter and PC Reid on the face.

PC Reid was also allegedly punched on the face by Donald, who is also accused of punching PC Hunter repeatedly, knocking him to the ground and repeatedly punching him on the face while he lay on the ground.

The offences were allegedly committed while Donald was subject to a bail order.

Donald, of Emmock Woods Crescent, and Dailly, of Charleston Drive, will stand trial at Dundee Sheriff Court next month.

A TRIAL has been fixed for a man accused of attacking his former partner and striking his head off the ground.

Scott McPherson, of North Erskine Street, allegedly assaulted the man on Charleston Drive on November 8.

Prosecutors allege that McPherson acted aggressively and made threats of violence.

The 29-year-old is accused of seizing the man’s hair, pulling him by the hair out of a car and causing him to fall to the ground.

McPherson then allegedly seized the man’s throat, repeatedly punched and kicked him on the head and body and repeatedly struck his head on the ground.

At Dundee Sheriff Court, McPherson pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

Sheriff George Way fixed a trial for January.