Keep your dogs under control near livestock
Local area commander Chief Inspector Maggie Pettigrew compiled this week’s CrimeBeat column. If you can help with any of the following inquries, contact police on 101.
●Following further incidents of sheep worrying and being injured by dogs I would like to remind all dog owners that they have a duty and responsibility to ensure their pet is under control at all times, especially when they are near livestock.
The National Sheep Association provides some good advice on its website for dog owners.
●On Friday, December 23, an electric fence was found to have been cut near Blaeberry Toll, Dunning.
●Between 22 and December 24 an attempt was made to break into a Ford Transit van in Cairnie Road, St Madoes.
●A fire was deliberately set at a building site on Jeanfield Road, Perth near to its junction with Letham Road. This site was also targeted by a thief about two weeks ago.
●A number of particulate filters were stolen from Mercedes vans parked at John R Weirs, Ruthvenfield Road, Perth between December 19 and 20.
●About 11.30pm on Christmas night a thief was disturbed at a property in Oakbank Road, Perth and a short time later at a property in Viewlands Road West, Perth.
●A silver Mercedes car was damaged in Duneaves Place, Perth about 3.50am on Saturday, December 24. In an unrelated incident a Mercedes parked in Hospital Street, Perth was damaged when a window was smashed between Friday 23 and Saturday, December 24.
●A blue Ford Focus has its paintwork damaged while it was parked at Tesco, Crieff Road, Perth between 2.30pm and 3pm on Saturday, December 24.
●About 1.25am on Christmas morning a glass door pane was smashed at A1 Pizza Plus, County Place, Perth.
●Overnight on Christmas into Boxing Day a trampoline was vandalised in McCallum Court, Perth.
●Between 3pm and 8pm on Christmas Day the outside wall of the Abbotsford Lounge, Abbott Street, Perth was vandalised when it was graffitied with spray paint.
●A wall in Catmoor Square,
Police Scotland officers out on the streets of Perth during the festive period Scone was also damaged with graffiti between December 26 and 27.
●A green Jaguar motor car parked on the Crieff Road, Perth had a window damaged between Friday 23 and Tuesday, December 27.
●About 11pm on Monday, December 26 a blue Nissan Tiida motor car parked in Duncansby Way, Perth was vandalised and set on fire. About 2pm on Wednesday, December 28, a blue Vauxhall Vectra parked on Dunkeld Road, Perth was vandalised and set on fire. Police are following positive lines of enquiry and appealing for witnesses to come forward.
●I hope that you, your family and friends have had a happy Christmas and I wish you all a prosperous and healthy 2017.