Scottish gangland figure ‘The Don’ back in court for this reason<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n Strachen was not immediately traced, but the weapon was found wrapped in a towel at a unit he rented in Clydebank.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was said to be “not a traditional shotgun”, but an old musket which firearms officers could not make safe.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was in fair condition and was apparently in working order.\n<\/p>\n
\n DNA linked Strachen to the gun. He was eventually arrested by police two weeks later, but made no comment initially about the incident at the flat.\n<\/p>\n
\n Tony Graham KC, defending, today said it was accepted “such conduct cannot be tolerated”. He added “lifestyle choices” had led to Strachen getting in bother.\n<\/p>\n
\n The court heard Strachen had 28 previous convictions for crimes including for violence, disorder and drugs, although had never been given a jail-term.\n<\/p>\n
\n He was on bail for this latest crime.\n<\/p>\n
\n Strachen admitted to charges of assault and possession of a firearm.\n<\/p>\n
\n Lord Colbeck locked him up for five years and three months. The term was cut from six years and eight months due to the guilty pleas.\n<\/p>\n
\n The judge: “You appear to diminish the effect of what you did by insisting the woman has forgiven you.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It cannot be disputed that serious psychological harm was caused.\n<\/p>\n
\n “However one looks at it, behaving as you did with a sawn-off shotgun reflects a high degree of culpability.”\n<\/p>\n
\n After the hearing, prosecutors praised the bravery of the woman involved.\n<\/p>\n
\n Moira Orr – who leads on major crime for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) – said: “Gary Strachen used a shotgun to abuse and terrify her.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is testimony to the courage of this woman that she managed to take photos of Strachen as he threatened and controlled her.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Prosecutors were able to use these images to ensure that he faced the full consequences of his despicable actions.”\n<\/p>\n
\n She urged anyone suffering or witnessing such offences to report the crimes and seek support, adding: “COPFS will use every means available to us to pursue justice.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gary Strachen had gone into a rage with the victim following a row over \u00a330. The 46-year-old left…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-354427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115050420969368384","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}