'Employee-from-hell' pulled loaded shotgun on boss and tortured him with dog chain

dailyrecord.co.uk:

An employee-from-hell who tortured his boss and pulled a loaded shotgun on him has been sentenced to 40 months in jail. Ronald McLennan subjected Ian Robertson to systematic violent bullying over 20 years and was found guilty by a jury of endangering his employer's life.

The jury heard about incidents of water-boarding, death threats, car crashes, watery open graves and dog chain torture scenes reminiscent of Reservoir Dogs.Evidence was also aired about plots to blackmail Mr Robertson into handing over nearly £40,000 by threatening to report his business practices to the authorities.

Full details of the incredible working relationship between McLennan and his boss were revealed during a trial at the High Court in Dundee.

McLennan, 52, Charleston Village, Forfar, had faced a total of 19 charges on indictment, relating to incidents between April 2000 and April 2019.Thirteen of the charges were removed after a no case to answer submission, but the jury found McLennan guilty on four of the six charges which remained.McLennan, who has recently been working for an Aberdeen-based construction company, was jailed at the High Court in Paisley by Lord Hughes."It is quite clearly the case you have now been convicted by the jury of what are very serious matters indeed, involving shotguns," he said."Charge six [involving the dog chain] is an incident which would have caused particular distress to the complainer.