Dealer is sent to prison for £8k drug haul
something similar to: “I don’t care what happens to me.
“I will find you and I will end you and her.”
He then chillingly added: “I’m gonna rape you, your wife and your kids.
“I don’t care if the blinds are down - I will shoot you and her.”
The catalogue of death threat calls and revenge porn acts led to Dunn being jailed for a total of two-and-a-half years when he appeared on indictment this week.
He pled guilty to flouting a May 30, 2019, bail order banning him from communicating with his former partner in any way by repeatedly contacting her between June 24 and 29, 2019 .
He also admitted that on a number of occasions between June 24 and 29, he disclosed a film and photographs, which showed, or appeared to show, his former partner in an intimate situation.
A Perth man, caught with amphetamine with a maximum street value of more than £8000, was jailed for nearly two-and-a-half years this week.
Perth Sheriff Court was told police went to Gary Watt’s home in Hillyland, armed with an arrest warrant.
He answered the door and stepped out into the communal hallway, wearing just his underpants, according to depute fiscal Chris Mackintosh.
The door then closed behind him, locking him out, but he managed to remove one of the wooden panels to get back in.
He said he wanted to put on some clothes, but was told an officer would accompany him.
“He let the police into the flat and, when in the kitchen, the accused pointed to a rucksack and said
By sending the images to the nightclub manager - and his wife - the charge indicated that he intended to “cause fear, alarm or distress.”
Between the same dates, Dunn also made violent threats to his ex, her new partner and their respective families.
The court was told that Dunn, of Balkeerie Cottages, Blairgowrie, had been in a relationship for four years but she ended that on June 23, 2019.
By that time, his former girlfriend was involved in a relationship with the club manager.
The court heard Dunn had also provided addresses for porn websites, suggesting to his former girlfriend’s new love that he had uploaded videos of her to them.
She later confirmed that the videos were of her, that she had sent them to the accused during the course of their relationship, and no other person had ‘You better take that as well.’
“The rucksack contained 29 plastic bags containing a white substance and the accused voluntarily admitted it was amphetamine.”
The total weight of the class B drug was 851.4 grammes and officers also seized other items, including £230 in cash.
The 39-year-old admitted being concerned in the supply of amphetamine at Perth’s Cairns Crescent on January 27, 2019.
A not guilty plea was accepted to dealing in cannabis from the same flat that day.
A solicitor for the accused said part of the drugs haul was for his own use but the “majority” would be sold on.
His involvement with the drug only related to one access to them.
Solicitor Mike Tavendale said his client’s relationship had “fallen apart” after he found out she was seeing the nightclub manager.
“To say that was a hammer blow to him is to put it mildly, but his behaviour thereafter did him no credit and it’s something he very much regrets.”
Since he had been on remand in prison, he had received a communication from his former girlfriend telling him her new romance was over.
She apologised for what had happened and wanted to “rekindle” their relationship.
Because of his bail conditions, he was unable to respond.
Imposing the jail term, Sheriff Gillian Wade told Dunn: “Nothing justifies the way you behaved.
“It must have been a horrible experience for those concerned.” day.
“He fully cooperated with the police to the extent he quite readily identified where the drugs were,” explained the lawyer.
The amphetamine had been sub-divided into 29 one ounce deals which he intended to sell for £75 each, giving a value of £2175.
Watt “took no issue” with the value placed by the Crown on the amphetamine.
It was based on the “maximum potential sum that could be realised” if the drugs were broken down into £10 deals.
Imposing a jail term of 122 weeks, Sheriff Gillian Wade told the accused: “You have an appalling record for drugs offences.”