Two men have been remanded in custody after being accused of abducting members of the Gloag family at knifepoint and stealing over £200,000 worth of jewellery and cash from them.
Brian Martin, 57, and Christopher McMultan, 40, are alleged to have stormed into the family home before ordering them to the floor and binding their wrists and feet with tape.
It is alleged the duo held a knife at the throat of Sarah Gloag - daughter-in-law and step-daughter of Stagecoach supremo Ann Gloag - and abducted her and her husband Sundeep Salins.
The duo are alleged to have also tied and bound two children, aged 15 and nine, who were in the couple's home at Kinfauns House near Perth, on January 19.
Martin, Viewlands Place, Errol, and McMultan, Sidlaw Terrace, Glencarse, appeared in private at Perth Sheriff Court yesterday to face a four charge petition before Sheriff Lindsay Foulis.
The first charge alleges that on January 18 both men wore masks and attacked and abducted David Gilfoyle and Joanne Miles at their home in Drummond Street, Muthill, Perthshire.
They are accused of ordering the couple to lie face down on the floor, binding their wrists and feet with tape and detaining them against their will.
Martin and McMultan are alleged to have pushed past Ms Miles to gain entry, presented knives at the couple, held a knife at Mr Gilfoyle's throat and demand entry to the Post Office below their home.
The second charge alleges that the following day the same men turned up at Sarah Gloag's home and attacked the occupants after pushing past her to get in while wearing masks.
The charge alleges they ordered the couple and two children to lie face down on the floor with their wrists and feet taped and detained them against their will.
It is alleged they also held a knife to Sarah Gloag's throat and robbed them of jewellery worth 200,000 pounds and 4,000 pounds in cash.
On 20 January, they are alleged to have tried to pervert the course of justice by throwing stolen jewellery out of a Nissan Qashqai car on the A92 Dundee to Glenrothes road.
Martin also faces the fourth charge of driving dangerously on the same road near the Logie turn-off by reversing into a marked police vehicle and driving towards a police officer.
Both men made no plea or declaration and the case was continued for further examination.
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