Charlie Maccusker: Last News

vulnerable man was spared jail after he was coerced into operating a “safe house” for drug dealers. Richard Millar, 58, was found with a stash of ecstasy tablets and around £3,500 in cash at his home in Johnstone during a police raid.

A man who was caught with a £50,000 drug haul at a Scots property could be spared a prison sentence.

fine.Martin Dawkins, 18, armed himself with the weapon and stormed outside amid claims he was being threatened by a member of his family.Paisley Sheriff Court heard Dawkins was arrested by cops who found him in the town’s Stock Street with the mallet sticking out of his pocket on November 17 last year.This week, he appeared for sentencing after pleading guilty to possessing the mallet.He also admitted a second charge of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner by shouting, bawling and throwing items around the property he shared with his partner in Waverley Road, Foxbar.Defence agent Charlie McCusker said his client, who was blighted by a troubled upbringing, is a first offender, who was given “a fright” when he was arrested and locked