Axe-wielding thug caught with £5k of heroin and cocaine after threatening neighbour

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An axe-wielding drug dealer who was caught with nearly £5,000 worth of heroin and cocaine has been allowed to walk free from court.Jennifer Young threatened her neighbour as she waved the pickaxe above her head during a fracas at her home, a court heard.

When police arrived to deal with the disturbance they discovered 28 grams of heroin worth £1,400 and 31 grams of cocaine worth £3,176 in the property.Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown imposed a community-based sentence on Young after accepting her life was "chaotic" at the time of the incident.

Young, 29, from Montrose, admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner by brandishing an axe in Montrose Street, Brechin, on 17 September 2021.She also admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine at her former home and she was ordered to carry out 225 hours unpaid work.

Fiscal depute Lynn Mannion told Dundee Sheriff Court: "There was a drugs search warrant in place for her but it had not been executed at the time."She told the court reports of a disturbance at the property led officers to be there and a neighbour used their phone to record audio of a heated argument."An unknown female was at the accused's door shouting 'come on then with your axe' to the accused.