A series of serious cases heard at courts serving Ayrshire has included a gunpoint robbery during a car sale, a substantial heroin seizure after an overdose and jail sentences for violent assaults.
The cases were covered by the Ayrshire Weekly Press titles in a round-up spanning Ayr and Kilmarnock sheriff courts and the High Court in Glasgow. They involved incidents in Ayr, Maybole, Cumnock and elsewhere in Ayrshire.
Gun used during Ayrshire car sale
Kyle Allison, 33, was jailed after robbing George Rae at gunpoint during an attempted private car sale. The victim had wanted to buy a Ford Fiesta advertised online.
The case was one of several featured in the court round-up. The source identifies Allison as a serial criminal and reports that he is now back behind bars following the robbery.
Heroin dealer jailed after overdose
Robert Young, an Ayr heroin dealer, was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday for supplying diamorphine.
The court heard that police were led to a major drugs haul after Young was found unresponsive at his address at Nursery Hall. Officers recovered more than 614 grams of the class A drug on October 26 last year.
The source describes Young as 52 and says he was jailed following the investigation. It does not state the length of his sentence in the supplied material.
Assault convictions across Ayrshire
Mark Reilly admitted assaulting a woman at an address in Society Street, Maybole. The source says he urinated on her body and repeatedly struck her on the head with a glass bottle or a similar implement, causing severe injury. He was jailed for what the court described as “despicable” crimes.
In a separate case, Allan McCall was jailed after an attack at The Thistle Inn in Cumnock. The victim suffered a fractured skull after being struck with an axe. The source says McCall had an unidentified accomplice, who wore a balaclava during the incident earlier this year.
Tammy Kerr also pleaded guilty to assaulting and robbing an older person who was sitting in a car. The court heard that the attack happened within weeks of Kerr being released early from prison. The source says she was crying or sniffling through much of the description of her actions, but does not provide her sentence.
Wind-farm convoy disruption
Mark Craig was ordered to complete unpaid work after repeatedly disrupting deliveries of wind-farm components in Ayrshire for more than a month.
The source says Craig blocked the road with his vehicle to prevent abnormal loads from passing, threw a traffic cone at a convoy and shone a high-powered handheld torch into drivers’ eyes. The court outcome was included alongside the other Ayrshire cases.
The supplied report links to fuller coverage of several cases, but does not provide sentencing details for every defendant or identify the specific court for each individual hearing.