Sean Hocking
Fife In the present day experiences
Thomas McArthur was caught passing the medicine over to his brother throughout a go to and now he’s additionally behind bars. McArthur, 47, of Orkney Place, who has had a leg amputated, appeared at Alloa Sheriff Courtroom in a wheelchair. He admitted that on fifth February at HMP Glenochil, he equipped a managed drug, cocaine, to Gordon McArthur.
Depute fiscal Bernadette Cuthbertson mentioned that at 10.55am McArthur was visiting his brother within the jail. Round 35 minutes into the go to there was a distraction attributable to one other prisoner and McArthur was seen “awkwardly” handing over a bundle to his brother. It was noticed by jail officers and the brother swallowed the bundle in a bid to keep away from detection.
Defence solicitor Kelly Howe mentioned her consumer had been threatened over a drug debt run up by his brother and instructed to take the medicine into jail or else they might each be “getting it” including: “He has an unenviable file there’s little question about that.” He had additionally struggled with drug dependancy for a lot of years.”