A convicted drug dealer is chasing a city nursery — over an “unpaid” £130,000 bill.
Stephen Donald, 59, was jailed for five years in 2011 for his role in a drugs gang that had heroin with a street value of more than £118,000, along with £19,000
in cash, which was seized by police.
Mr Donald — along with business partner Paul Matthew, 49 — is now chasing Technotots Nursery for cash they claim is owed in rent.
The pair say they agreed a 20-year lease with the nursery but are now owed more than three years’ worth of rent.
Mr Donald and Mr Matthew used to be partners in the nursery with Ms McGoldrick.
Mr Matthew is still a shareholder in the nursery but Mr Donald is no longer involved.
The case — which is understood to surround a building that Technotots used to occupy at Wester Gourdie — is set to call at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Ms McGoldrick said in a statement to the Tele: “This claim will be vigorously contested, and is actively being defended by my company solicitor as we speak.
“Technotots Nursery adopts an ethos of ‘cultivating a circle of care’.
“So, the first job for me to do now is to draw that circle of folk together — to allay any fears or concerns they may have, and to assure them all of my continued commitment to provide the same high quality sustainable service both now and in the future.
“Therefore we are simply going to get on with the work we do as normal.
“Nothing has changed here at the nursery and we will continue to enjoy our days of caring and teaching for our wee Technotots.”
A statement from MDM, Mr Donald and Mr Matthew’s firm, said the action was a “last resort”.
It added: “The action would enable the firm to secure a substantial sum of monies from Technotots via the appropriate channels at Dundee Sheriff Court.
“The firm’s intentions are to continue pursing Technotots via the correct legal channels to recover the substantial outstanding monies still due by Technotots to the firm of MDM.”
Technotots is based at Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate on Brunel Road.
Last December, its existing building suffered serious damage in a fire.
There was a salmonella outbreak at the nursery in October 2013, but the bug was later found to have come from outwith the venue.
