Glasgow's Gary Jamieson jailed over order breach in East Kilbride

Gary Jamieson flouted a court order designed to monitor his movements on his release from prison.

Jamieson, previously locked up over a huge street valium seizure, also ignored restrictions on his travel and mobile phone use.

He appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court today and admitted breaching a serious crime prevention order.

Jamieson, 40, of Pollok, Glasgow, was jailed for four years and six months in 2020 after 836,000 street valium pills, worth £420,000, were seized across the city.

He and John Mack, then 33, admitted running a drugs operation. Mack was jailed for four years.

A five-year serious crime prevention order took effect on Jamieson's release from prison in 2024.

We previously reported that the court heard he stayed at East Kilbride's Torrance Hotel but didn't report this to police officers monitoring him.

Police discovered that a booking for January 17 to 19 last year had been made in the name of an associate, but CCTV showed Jamieson, his partner and two children had stayed at the hotel during that period.

They also found that Jamieson had booked taxis in connection with the stay under a different name using a phone that wasn't registered with the police.

Katie Allen, prosecuting, said: "Part of the serious crime prevention order states that he must have only one communications device."

Defence lawyer Linda Findlay stressed the hotel stay was purely a family break.

She told the court: "He became aware that the police were looking for him in connection with another matter and thought he was going back to prison.

"He wanted to spend some time with his family before that happened.

“The SCPO is designed to be onerous and he must inform the police of every journey in a car not driven by him. Since he doesn’t drive he has to report every car journey he makes.

“He estimates he has sent the police thousands of emails during the course of this order.”

Sheriff John Speir noted that Jamieson has a previous conviction for breaching the order.

The sheriff said: "It makes this offence more serious. You had been bitten once and should have been more on your guard.

“It seems to have been very much a premeditated breach as you wanted to spend time with your family, thinking you would be going back to custody.

“That’s no excuse and in my view it makes matters more serious, especially because you did it at a time when you were on bail.”

Jamieson is the brother of Stephen Jamieson, 42, who faces drug dealing and organised crime charges after being extradited to Scotland from Dubai in December.