Former soldier fined for drink-drive collision

A MAN has been fined £1,040 after causing a road smash after drunkenly reversing his car.

Piotras Jeremejevas, 62, was almost five times the drink-drive limit when he collided with another car on Dundee’s Fairfield Street.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard Jeremejevas, a former solider, had been celebrating a Lithuanian national holiday prior to the incident.

Fiscal depute Emily Hood revealed Jeremejevas’ car was sitting stationary with the engine running in the middle of the road at around 6pm.

“The witness then sounded his horn to alert the accused he needed to move,” she told Sheriff John Rafferty.

“The accused then began to move forward slowly but did not appear to be moving anywhere.

“The car then suddenly reversed and the offside rear of the accused’s car collided with the offside front door of the witness’s car.”

Jeremejevas then drove off before police managed to catch up with him.

Officers found him to be slurring his words and smelling of alcohol.

He later gave a reading of 107 mics of alcohol in 100 mils of breath, exceeding the limit of 22 mics of alcohol.

Jeremejevas, of Camperdown Road, pleaded guilty to drinkdriving and failing to stop and provide his details following an accident on February 22 on Fairfield Street.

Sheriff Rafferty banned Jeremejevas from driving for 20 months and fined him a total of £1,040.

A MAN has been accused of stealing a safe containing £16,000 from his father’s flat.

Darren Winters, 38, allegedly committed the theft from an address on Brothock Way, Arbroath, on October 25 2019.

Winters, of the town’s McGregors Walk, faces a single charge of theft on indictment at Dundee Sheriff Court.

He was not present when the case called for a first diet before Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown.

The case was continued until later this month.

TWO Dundee firms are collaborating on a tasty charity initiative for forgotten land workers.

Highland Game and Scott Brothers Butchers wanted to raise funds for deer stalkers in Tayside who have been impacted by Covid-19.

Highland Game will supply free venison to Scott Brothers for use in pies that go on sale today. Proceeds go to the Gamekeepers Wildlife Trust charity.

Stalkers and ghillies have lost income, with hunting and shooting parties unable to travel to Scotland due to the pandemic.