Sheriff orders Claggan man be arrested after no-show

arrest warrant was issued for a Fort Willian man after he failed to appear for sentencing at the town's sheriff court this week.

Building site worker Antonio Sabiu, 61, of Polmona, Claggan, was due to be sentenced for four offences after a trial last month, including the reset of a car and number plates.

Sabiu had admitted charges that on December 11, 2017, at North Road, Fort William, he had driven a car without insurance or an appropriate licence. He denied two other charges involving the reset of a pair of number plates and a VW car worth £22,000 on the same date and at the same location, but was found guilty after the trial.

Sheriff Eilidh MacDonald had deferred sentence for the compilation of a criminal justice social work report.

Sabiu was ordered to appear back at the court for sentencing on Tuesday of this week but made no appearance.

Solicitor Hamish Melrose, acting as a local agent for Sabiu's usual solicitors, said his information was that Sabiu had not attended the meeting required for the compilation of the background report.

‘And he has not appeared today and I have no explanation for that,' Mr Melrose told Sheriff MacDonald, who ordered a warrant to apprehend be issued.