New trial fixed for accused

A NEW trial has been fixed for a man charged with throwing road signs into the River Tay, before almost running down another man in his car.

Boris Velikov, of Craigie Drive, is accused of committing the offences through the early hours of October 16 last year.

Prosecutors allege the 37-year-old pulled down several signs and threw them into the Tay at the Tay Road Bridge car park.

Velikov is also alleged to have set fire to a jacket during the incident.

While at Thaiteak, Muirton of Pitcullo, Dairsie, Velikov allegedly drove a car dangerously by reversing at speed, narrowly missing Stuart Dawson, and driving through a set of closed gates.

A final charge alleges that Velikov set fire to boxes at the premises.

Velikov previously pleaded not guilty to the charges at Dundee Sheriff Court.

Following a joint motion the Crown and Velikov’s solicitor, Jane Caird, a new trial was fixed for December by Sheriff Richard MacFarlane.

HISTORIC railway sheds are to be transformed into housing after the residential scheme won the go-ahead from planners.

The B-listed buildings, which were once the terminus of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, are to be converted into six new homes in the village.

They are nearly 200 years old and among Scotland’s oldest original railway buildings.

Developers hope the new Commercial Street properties could be ready to welcome families as soon as the end of this year.

Angus Council approved conditional planning