A 52-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for non-recent sexual offences against young females in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. Hugh Derby was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday, 22 August 2023 for crimes that happened between 1999 and 2014. Detective Inspector Gavin Chisholm said: “I want to […] Dumfries & Galloway News …
On Thursday the 13th of July a Women was rescued from The River Nith in Dumfries by Emergency services. The incident took place just after lunch time, next to the Devorgilla Bridge at the Whitesands area. River Rescue units from Nith Inshore rescue plus Fire and Rescue, Police and Ambulance personnel were all in attendance […] Dumfries & Galloway News …
Crime recorded by police remains lower than before the pandemic, according to new statistics released today – reflecting the long term trend of fewer victims and people feeling safer in communities. The latest National Statistics: Recorded Crime in Scotland bulletin shows recorded crime is 4% down since the year ending September 2018, falling 42% in […] Dumfries & Galloway News …
Crime is at the lowest level recorded by police for a 12-month period since 1974 according to statistics published today. The latest National Statistics: Recorded Crime in Scotland bulletin for the year ending June 2022 shows there was a 5% fall in police recorded crime overall compared to the same period last year. This was […] Dumfries & Galloway News …
POLICE in Lockerbie are appealing for information after a large heavy goods lorry was broken into in Lockerbie. Around 4.50am on Wednesday, 17 August, 2022, police were made aware that a number of pallets containing training shoes had been stolen from a lorry parked up at Lockerbie Truckstop, near Johnstonebridge. No-one was injured but the […] Dumfries & Galloway News …
Detectives are continuing enquiries following a disturbance, resulting in two men being injured, in Dumfries. Just after midnight (00.01am) on Wednesday, 25 May, 2022, police received a report of a disturbance at a flat in Church Street, Dumfries. Emergency services attended and two men, aged 35 and 29, were taken to hospital. One man aged […] Dumfries & Galloway News …
POLICE SCOTLAND are appealing for information following a fatal road crash on the A709 Dumfries to Lockerbie road, near to Dryfesdale Cemetery, Lockerbie that occurred at around 3.40am on Sunday, 3 April, and involved a black coloured Vauxhall Corsa. The driver, a 34-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. The road was closed while […] Dumfries & Galloway News …
POLICE Officers from Castle Douglas are appealing for witnesses/ information in relation to the report of a Theft of fuel from forestry vehicles at two sites near to High Bridge of Ken, Carsphairn which occurred between 1800 hours on the 3rd March 2022 and 0530 hours on the 4th March 2022 A police spokesperson stated […] Dumfries & Galloway News …