Probe after man ‘stabbed in hand’

A MAN was taken to hospital after he was reportedly stabbed in the hand during a disturbance in a multi.

CID officers have been conducting inquiries over recent days after the incident at Elders Court in Lochee on Tuesday morning.

Police confirmed a man was treated at Ninewells Hospital as some locals described seeing “blood spatters” in the communal stairwell.

One man said there had been a “sizable” police presence on Tuesday afternoon and officers remained on the fourth-floor landing for a couple of days.

Having lived in the block for more than a decade, the man said he was no stranger to police activity, and said he “feared the worst” when he saw the officers arrive.

He added: “There were two police vans and two unmarked cars here on Tuesday afternoon.

“I’ve heard a man was stabbed in the hand during the incident.

“There were apparently blood spatters on the stairwell between landings four and 14.

“It’s obviously horrendous what’s meant to have happened and when I saw the number of police I feared the worst and thought someone had been killed.

“I can’t say I’m surprised at what is meant to have gone on.

“Over the last five years or so

I would say the block has gone downhill.”

A woman, who did not wished to be named for fear of reprisals, said: “The police came to our door but we genuinely couldn’t assist them with anything.

“They were here for at least two days in connection with what happened.”

A neighbour, who only moved in a few months ago, said officers came to his door asking if he’d heard anything in the stairwell or on the landing.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “At around 9.40am on Tuesday December 1, police were advised a man had been injured during an incident at a flat in Elders Court, Dundee.

“He was treated at Ninewells Hospital. Inquiries are continuing.”

A police vehicle at Elders Court following the reported stabbing.