Ronald Smart contests obscene DVD proceeds of crime payout
- 10 May 2012
- From the section South Scotland
A newsagent jailed for 11 months for selling obscene films is contesting the amount he should pay under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
It was estimated when he was sentenced that Ronald Smart, 43, of Abercromby Road, Castle Douglas, had made £20,000 out of the mail order operation.
However, that figure was disputed at the time by his solicitor.
Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court heard that talks were still ongoing to try to resolve the situation.
Smart was sentenced in July last year after he admitted distributing the material from Barry Smart newsagents on King Street in Castle Douglas between February 2005 and November 2007.
He was said to have pocketed thousands of pounds from the mail order business and to have shown a complete disregard for the law.
Investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act have been going on for more than a year and Sheriff Shirley Foran was told that meetings were being held to try and resolve the position.
Action under the Act was continued for two weeks at Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court.
