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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Oban Times & Lochaber Times 11 October 2018.
SWAMPED Oban under water as floods strike
by David McPhee
dmcphee@obantimes.co.uk
The weather wreaked havoc in Oban this week as cars were stranded and submerged in water, roads were closed and at least one house had its ...
Man reported over second Oban death
The man charged with murder in Oban last week has now been reported to the procurator fiscal in connection with the death of a second man in Columba Court, Dunollie. Police Scotland said this week th...
Enquiry ongoing
Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses after a woman was knocked down at the Railway Pier in Oban last week. The woman was airlified to hospital and is understood to still be receiving treatm...
Man denies peeping accusation
A man has denied peeking into a neighbour’s bedroom, after she videoed him ‘squatting’ in the undergrowth for 20 minutes, a trial at Oban Sheriff Court has heard. Martin Scott, 38, of 6 Longsdale Cre...
‘Walter Mitty’ lied about having cancer
Philip Walsh also lied about being a firefighter.
A man who pretended to be a fireman to get a date and then turned up at a fire station claiming to have cancer to get a photo of himself in...
POLICE FILES
■ Between 6pm on Wednesday October 3 and 8.20am on Thursday October 4, in Airds Crescent, Oban, two black plastic De Walt Tool Kits containing a variety of tools engraved with the initials ‘GS’ were ...