William Gillilan: Last News

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A career criminal who suffered a serious leg injury while he broke into a Perth city centre restaurant was told he was fortunate he did not “bleed to death”.Forty-two-year-old William Gillilan, who was out on licence from a prison sentence at the time, was locked up for 13 months at Perth Sheriff Court.He will also have to serve a further 183 days behind bars, equating to the unexpired portion of his earlier jail term.The court was told that the accused, of Skinnergate, had taken 20 Valium tablets that evening and “couldn’t remember anything” of what he had done.Police were contacted by the

Perth serial offender was found at the rear of a city centre restaurant in the early hours, suffering from a serious leg injury.Forty-two-year-old William Gillilan was in possession of a cash register - and police followed “a trail of blood” leading to Willows coffee shop.Officers then discovered a smashed glass panel to the left of the doorway, where there was another “substantial amount of blood,” Perth Sheriff Court was told yesterday.Public to have say on £33.8m development proposal near PerthMobile CCTV aims to catch fly-tippers at Perth and Kinross hotspotsDepute fiscal Michael Sweeney said CCTV footage from Willows showed the accused outside the restaurant at 10.11pm with a “large paving stone”.He is then seen to enter the premises -