McNeil Gets Curfew and Community Work in Drugs Case

John McNeil was sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid work and a six-month electronically monitored curfew after being convicted of possessing heroin and cocaine with intent to supply. He avoided immediate imprisonment at Glasgow Sheriff Court on November 2, 2026, in a case involving drugs found in a car where a lamb named Pablo was eating chips. The curfew requires McNeil to remain at home from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sheriff Tony Kelly ordered the sentence after McNeil and Lindsey Sangster were found guilty in September 2026 of possessing heroin and cocaine, also identified in court reporting as diamorphine, with intent to supply. The case arose from a police stop on the M74 near Glasgow on April 22, 2023. Sergeant Nick Twigg said he noticed the lamb in the back of Sangster’s Volkswagen Golf. Police dog Billy later indicated drugs beneath the front passenger seat, where officers recovered two bags containing cocaine and heroin. Court evidence put the cocaine’s value at £4,640 and the heroin’s at £10,050. The cocaine was reported to have a purity of at least 76%. Prosecutors said the quantity was excessive for personal use and indicated an intention to supply. McNeil and Sangster denied...