Dentist faked own death for £1.85 million

Dentistry.co.uk – A dentist has been jailed for five years after admitting making £1.85 million of life insurance claims after faking his own death. Emmanouil Parisis, 46, formerly of Barnstaple, Devon, admitted eight charges of false representation. He faked a car accident in Jordan, moved to Aberdeenshire and changed his name to Neil McClaren. Parisis [...]

NE benefit claimants first to be reassessed

BBC – Incapacity benefit claimants in north-east Scotland and Burnley in Lancashire are to be the first to be reassessed ahead of UK-wide welfare reform. Those deemed fit enough to work, using a points-based system, will be moved to the jobseeker’s allowance. The reassessment was designed to end the one-size-fits-all approach to those with illness [...]

Woman was drunk in charge of baby in Peterhead

BBC – A young woman with a baby was found so drunk in a Peterhead street that the child had to be taken to hospital, a court has heard. Niketa Thores, 22, could not stand while trying to push a buggy and was discovered slumped against a door. A member of the public raised the [...]

Families join battle to save lifeline care home under threat

Press and Journal – A campaign was launched last night to persuade Aberdeenshire Council to safeguard the lifeline Willowbank Bungalows project, near Peterhead. The three cottages, which provide homes and support for 14 people with profound learning needs, are under review by the local authority. Council chiefs who met staff last month stressed no decision [...]

Mugger a waste of space

Scottish Sun – A CALLOUS junkie who mugged an 83-year-old widow after she visited her husband’s GRAVE was last night branded a “despicable waste of space” by his victim’s family. Evil Shaun Strachan, 28, watched as great-gran Christina Rhynd lay flowers – then pounced and snatched her purse as she walked home. The frail OAP [...]

First look at £140m super-jail

Press and Journal – Prison chiefs have lodged draft plans for a new north-east “super-jail”. Concept artwork for the £140million HMP Grampian, which is earmarked for Peterhead, have now been tabled with Aberdeenshire Council. It marks the first stage of an extensive planning process. Following a change in legislation, all major plans must first be [...]

Couple admit killing man at Peterhead flat

STV – A couple confessed to killing a 28-year-old man who was found dead at a flat in Peterhead. Elaine Young, 24, and Mark Junor, 34, appeared in connection with the death of Martyn Stewart last November. The murder trial at the High Court in Aberdeen was due to start on Monday but the pair [...]

Peterhead blockade ‘cost Faroese skipper £400,000′

BBC – The skipper of the Faroese fishing boat prevented from landing its mackerel catch in Peterhead has claimed the blockade cost him more than £400,000. Dozens of local fishermen had taken action when the Jupiter arrived on Tuesday, and it was forced to leave. It came amid concerns about mackerel quotas for the Faroes. [...]

Boat blockaded over fish wrangle in Peterhead

BBC – A Faroese fishing boat has been prevented from offloading its cargo after being blockaded by fishermen in Peterhead over a mackerel wrangle. The Jupiter was met by dozens of protesters at the harbour in the early hours of the morning. The skipper, Emil Pedersen, said it was a “very bad situation” to be [...]

Top three seaside towns all in Aberdeenshire

STV – Residents of Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Stonehaven have the best quality of life among Scotland’s seaside towns. All three towns have higher than average weekly earnings compared to other seaside towns and an above average employment rate, according to a Bank of Scotland survey. They also have considerably lower than average traffic flows and [...]

Ex-policeman supports drug addict’s claim

Press and Journal – A former police officer told a court that a self-proclaimed “loner” caught growing thousands of pounds worth of cannabis plants in the loft of his Fraserburgh home could well have intended to smoke them all himself. William Percy, a former senior member of the Scottish police drug squad, yesterday supported claims [...]

Inquiry call into claims X-rated material available in prison

STV – Politicians have demanded an inquiry amid claims that some of Scotland’s worst offenders have access to violent and X-rated films inside prison. Photographs taken inside Peterhead prison – home to some of the country’s most notorious paedophiles, sex attackers and killers – and published on Sunday showed that inmates had access to a [...]

Dementia patient loses appeal over her income

Press and Journal – A dementia sufferer from Fraserburgh has lost a court appeal seeking full access to her income. The 37-year-old woman, named only as YW in a ruling by a sheriff, was hoping to overturn a decision by the Scottish Public Guardian which transferred control of her funds to Aberdeenshire Council. The step [...]

Two rescued from stricken yacht

STV – Two people onboard a yacht which had lost engine power have been rescued by the Peterhead lifeboat crew. The Palourde was originally being towed by the Vete Rata on Saturday night but it was struggling against the tide. The RNLI were alerted shortly before 10pm, when the stricken yacht was four nautical miles [...]

£250 fine for a hard-of-hearing fan who played music too loud

Scotsman – A PARTIALLY deaf country music fan was fined £250 yesterday after breaching an Asbo for playing his records too loud. Michael O’Rourke, of Peterhead, was slapped with an antisocial behaviour order after neighbours complained about music blasting from his stereo. But the 51-year-old ended up back in court a few weeks later for [...]

Raids planned to cut illegal cigarette trade

Evening Express – CUSTOMS officials are ready to launch fresh raids on shops in Fraserburgh and Peterhead after 33,000 cigarettes were seized, it was revealed today. Trading standards officers from Aberdeenshire Council are gearing up to work with officials from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) again in the towns.

Helicopter crash victim to be remembered at Newmachar match

Press and Journal – Crowds will gather at a north-east football ground later today to remember a young oil worker whose life was tragically cut short in a helicopter crash. Stuart Wood, who was known as Woody, was one of the 16 men who died on April 1, 2009, when Bond flight 85N crashed into [...]

Trident fishing boat widow in inquiry attack

BBC – A Peterhead woman widowed by the 1974 Trident fishing disaster has attacked statements made in closing submissions to an inquiry into its sinking.

Peterhead relay brings in £146,000

Press and Journal – Neighbouring north-east communities have raised more than £250,000 to help beat cancer, it emerged last night. The organisers of an emotion-packed charity run at Peterhead celebrated another record-shattering effort yesterday.

Anger over ‘swamp’ at housing estate

Press and Journal – An Aberdeenshire construction firm has been urged to clear up a potentially hazardous “swamp” at the centre of its plush new housing estate. Residents at the £3.5million Kinmundy Heights development on the edge of Peterhead are calling for action over an unsightly, overgrown patch of waste ground on their doorsteps.

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