A vigilante mother who abducted, bound and gagged a suspected drug dealer has been shown mercy by a sheriff after claiming it was a citizen's arrest
A vigilante mother who abducted, bound and gagged a suspected drug dealer has been shown mercy by a sheriff after claiming it was a citizen's arrest. Linda Gowers was told she could have been sent to prison for bundling Michael Graham into a van before strapping him to a chair and binding him with duct tape.
He placed Gowers under social work supervision for 18 months as a direct alternative to prison. Dundee Sheriff Court heard Gowers took direct action against Mr Graham over fears that he was part of a county lines drug gang targeting children in Kirriemuir. The court heard that a van pulled up 45 minutes later and Gowers and an unknown man got out. Gowers demanded he get in the van, before she and one of the two men she was with grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into the van.
She gave police her name and address and, when asked who she was holding hostage, she said she knew his name was Michael and he was a drug dealer. "I know his name is Michael and he's up here from Newcastle and selling f****** LSD and drugs to kids, little bairns," she told police. He had black duct tape around his upper body, shoulders, mouth and head, including over his eyes. He was completely immobilised and unable to speak. Officers cut Graham free and he immediately became angry and said he would "get" Gowers, before he tried to escape from the property.
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