Police had to smash their way into a man’s car after his dog was spotted “panting heavily” and looking “distressed” after he parked in direct sunlight on one of last summer’s hottest days.
A man who booted a seven-year-old boy with brittle bones disease - breaking the boy's leg - was today spared jail.
A heroin dealer snared after his DNA was found on the airbag of a car he'd crashed at a busy junction before running off has been jailed for almost three-and-a-half years.
A brutal thug who threatened his partner with a murder-suicide bid - then wiped his own blood on her so police would think he was acting in self defence - was put behind bars today.
A paedophile claimed he "couldn't really tell" how old the children in the horror cache of child abuse images he had downloaded were because "they were Japanese".
Killer driver’s moment of forgetfulness led to the death of a married biker
A driver's moment of forgetfulness led to the death of a married biker after the teenager doubled back to collect a friend he had forgotten to pick up.
An elderly sex offender was today facing jail after he admitted a child abuse charge dating back more than 50 years.
A vile abuser who stalked, abducted and attacked three women over the course of more than 20 years was today jailed.
Two men who ran a £60,000 cannabis farm out of a city centre house were today jailed for a total of almost six years.
Two teenagers who carried out a brutal robbery on a randomly selected victim after being "inspired" by violent "drill" rap music were today spared jail.
A man is facing court accused of stalking a woman all the way from Scotland to Greece during an alleged four-week campaign of harassment.
A man accused of assaulting a woman with intent to rape her while on bail was today being hunted by police after he failed to turn up to answer the charge in court.
A man set up a hidden camera to film a teenage girl naked in her bedroom - then was caught when she visited his house and borrowed his laptop as an adult.
A man accused of "endangering the life" of a 13-month-old girl by putting her in a tumble dryer and turning the machine on was today ordered to stand trial.
An international sex offender was today facing jail after he was snared when he sent sick videos to an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.
The family of a frail pensioner whose bank account was cleaned out by a man who claimed he "saw him as a father figure" today blasted the crook as he started a six month jail term.
A man stabbed a doctor and went on a knife rampage through a GP surgery after being told it was too late in the day to give him help and he'd have to speak to NHS 24 about his mental health difficulties.
A serial stalker who bombarded the social worker tasked with monitoring his behaviour with filthy phone calls and texts after he walked free from court on multiple harassment charges was today jailed for three years.
A man is facing jail after being convicted of running a £60,000 cannabis farm out of a city centre house.
A sex beast who was released from prison early only to go on and groom another teenage girl online has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
A man who threw bleach over his pregnant girlfriend - leaving her skin "bubbling and burning" - has been jailed for more than two years.
A man appeared in court today accused of knifing a GP after storming into his surgery brandishing a knife.
A drug dealer caught with a £39,000 stash was today locked up after he told cops: "If you can't get a job you have to make a job for yourself."
Former Rangers and Dundee Utd footballer Bilel Mohsni is to appear in court on a dangerous driving charge.
A teenager has been charged in connection with the alleged murder of a man at a Dundee city centre taxi rank just hours into the New Year.
A drug dealer snared after being caught drunk behind the wheel of his car was today jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Three masked, knife wielding thugs who tried to carry out a home invasion style robbery on a man as he put his kids to bed have been jailed for a total of almost seven years.
Two people are to stand trial accused of causing a newborn baby broken ribs, a broken arm and a broken leg - then failing to get the infant urgent medical treatment.
A man is to stand trial accused of stalking his neighbours for over more than a year in a bizarre campaign of harassment that allegedly involved him pouring concrete on their land and "leaving animals in their field insecure".
A rapist and serial domestic abuser is still running a bed and breakfast more than three years after claiming he had "stepped away from the business" when he was exposed, a court heard today.
A man who took a cocktail of ecstasy and cocaine before going on a knife rampage - only stopping when police ran him over with a car and battered him with batons - was today jailed for more than three years.