Teenage inmate caught with illegal items in his cell at Polmont YOI

By Court Reporter
Published 6th Feb 2023, 08:32 BST
Updated 6th Feb 2023, 08:32 BST
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Dean Forbes, 19, appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday having pleaded guilty to possessing unauthorised SIM cards at Polmont Young Offenders Institution on June 30 last year.

Procurator fiscal depute Christine Brownlie said a morning search of the Forbes’ cell had uncovered four SIM cards.

The court heard it had been the first significant period in custody Forbes, 94-6 Wester Drylaw Drive, Edinburgh, had experienced.

Sheriff Christopher Shead placed him on a community payback order with the condition he complete 225 hours unpaid work within 12 months.