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Trial told of cigarette assault

A PENSIONER told a court how two men burst into his house, wrapped cling film round his head and stubbed a cigarette out on his face as they demanded his bank pin.

Alasdair Thorburn told the High Court in Dundee he had returned to his flat in Perth's High Street from a nearby pub before falling asleep in his chair. A short time later he was woken by two men entering his flat.

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