Nearly naked intruder found in hallway

AN almost naked intruder’s false teeth fell out when he was confronted by a shocked householder in his hallway.

Father-of-three Craig White picked up the dentures as Eric Donaldson, 58, carried on a 15-minute rampage around his home.

The clinical researcher was working from home when he found Donaldson topless with his trousers around his ankles.

Fiscal depute Sarah Wilkinson told Perth Sheriff Court yesterday: “The accused was confrontational. He was spitting, with saliva landing on the floor and on items. Mr White continued to ask him to leave.

“The accused continued to walk around the ground floor, picking up items and rummaging in drawers. Mr White contacted the police.

“The accused continued to shout and swear and was spitting. The accused’s false teeth flew out as a result. Mr White picked these up to remove them and to protect his family.”

Mr White, 40, eventually left for his own safety and locked Donaldson in.

When the police led Donaldson from the house he was wearing Mr White’s slippers and carrying a family portrait, a pencil sharpener and a card from a pack of Happy Families.

Solicitor Mike Tavendale, defending, said Donaldson “has had a long-term drug issue and has absolutely no recollection of this incident”.

Donaldson, Primrose Crescent, Perth, admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner in Poplar Drive, Bridge of Earn, on January 12.

He admitted causing fear or alarm by entering the house uninvited in a state of undress and spitting several times – including spitting his false teeth out on to the floor.

He admitted acting aggressively, shouting and swearing, rummaging through handbags and drawers, picking up items and refusing to leave.

Sheriff Neil Bowie yesterday deferred sentence for Donaldson to be assessed for a restriction of liberty order and to provide evidence of his medical situation.

A FOOD poverty scheme in east Perthshire has secured £24,000 to continue its crucial work.

The Blairgowrie and Rattray Independent Food Project (Bari) was set up last year to deliver food parcels to families and individuals in economic hardship during the first months of lockdown.

It has since teamed up with Perth and

Kinross Council, Tesco and the Co-operative’s Fairshare scheme, to offer subsidised services.

They include community larders, a discounted food store and a Saturday lunch club. Members also serve up free lockdown lunches for schoolage children and host family-time cookery sessions.

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A CHARITY has called for people with learning disabilities to receive better support in the coronavirus vaccination programme after a parent was asked to bring his autistic son to Dundee’s Caird Hall for his jab.

The Angus parent, who did not want to be named, said his 19-year-old found unfamiliar and busy environments, such as the community clinic in the city centre, distressing but the family was not offered an alternative.

In other areas of the UK, GPs have set up specialist clinics to help people feel more at ease.

Dundee-based charity PAMIS offers support to people with severe or profound learning disabilities.

Its team said vaccination programme managers needed to recognise that large public venues might not be suitable for everyone and different approaches might be necessary.

Chief executive Jenny Miller said it often fell to families to try to arrange different methods and some had found the process a challenge.

“It needs to be more tailored,”