Sentence delay due to isolation

A LOUT who coughed on police officers and said he wished they had coronavirus faces a sentencing delay because he is isolating.

Derek Colquhoun lashed out when he was found outside his Adamson Court flat after 9pm on September 6.

Colquhoun, 36, claimed his brother had the key to his flat and raised concerns with officers about his brother’s welfare.

He reacted angrily after being arrested and struggled with police before coughing towards them once at police HQ.

Colquhoun, a prisoner at HMP Perth, admitted breaching his 9pm until 7am curfew before flailing his arms and struggling with PCs Emma Claybourne, Paul Wightman and Ramsay Scott.

He then coughed towards PC Wightman and PC Justin Coff while stating he wished they had coronavirus.

Sheriff George Way further deferred sentence on Colquhoun, who was not present, until later this month once he has completed his selfisolation due to Covid-19.

A MAN accused of throwing a rock at a cash machine after trying to use a woman’s bank card is to stand trial.

Michael Tarbett, 32, allegedly tried to use the woman’s card with the intent of stealing at the TSB ATM on High Street, Lochee, on August 27 last year.

He then allegedly kicked the machine before throwing a rock at it.

Tarbett, of Balmoral Terrace, was not present when the case called at Dundee Sheriff Court.

Sheriff John Rafferty fixed a trial for August after a plea of not guilty was tendered on Tarbett’s behalf by defence solicitor Anne Duffy.

Dundee Sheriff Court.