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BBC News
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Man, 67, who is 'too old' to be drugs courier jailed
A 67-year-old man caught delivering £144,000 of drugs agreed with the judge jailing him that he was "a bit old" for such Vadon was stopped by police as he drove towards Aberdeen from London with boxes of High Court in Edinburgh heard that police acting on information had pulled his car over on the A90 road at Temple of Fiddes, Fordoun, in Aberdeenshire, earlier this was jailed for two years and four months. Three cardboard boxes containing drugs were in the rear seat, and a further two were in the boot, with a total of 25kg of cannabis had been transporting the drugs for a fee of £1, counsel Neil Shand said Vadon had become homeless following the breakdown of a said he needed money to pay for accommodation and dental work but acknowledged that what he had done was a prisoner in HMP Grampian, admitted being concerned in the supply of drugs when he appeared at the court via a videolink before Lord Renucci. 'No stranger to court' The judge said to him: "You are a bit old for this are you not?".Vadon replied: "I am indeed."Lord Renucci said: "You are no stranger to the court, nor to the prison system."I am not going to lecture you Mr Vadon. You are now a man of some maturity, at 67 years of age. You will realise your actions have consequences for you. "The judge said that he would have faced a 42-month sentence but that it would be reduced to 28 months following his early guilty plea.
BBC News
08-05-2025
- BBC News
Man who raped boy jailed for six-and-a-half years
A man who repeatedly raped a 15-year-old boy after plying children with cannabis has been jailed for six-and-a-half Chapman, 28, from Peterhead, was found guilty of offences in Buckie in Lord Renucci told Chapman he continued to pose a significant risk of was given an extended sentence at the High Court in Dundee, meaning he will be monitored for a further two years after his release from custody. Chapman was found guilty of raping the 15-year-old boy on various occasions between 2021 and was also convicted of supplying cannabis to children aged between 14 and 17 in 2022 and found guilty of carrying out several sex attacks on a 14-year-old court heard that Chapman continued to deny his guilt. 'Not a one off' Defence counsel Rebecca Osborne told the court that he had a difficult upbringing and led an "unstructured lifestyle" which included heavy use of Renucci told Chapman: "This was a 15-year-old boy and it wasn't a one-off occasion. This was the rape of a 15-year-old boy on a number of occasions."Your victims were vulnerable and it was clear you targeted them because of their vulnerabilities. You exploited them by providing them with cannabis."Chapman was placed on the sex offenders register and banned from having contact with his victims.
