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PAUL McGOWAN started for Dundee today – complete with his electronic tag.

The forward was last week convicted of assaulting a policeman and was hit with a tagging order.

The Airdrie man also copped a 7pm curfew so will have to leave Dens straight after the final whistle against St Johnstone – being careful not to break any speed limits of course.

McGowan’s sentence was considered lenient by many considering it was his third conviction of assaulting police officers.

Dundee manager Paul Hartley revealed yesterday he was ready to pitch the 27-year-old into the team for the clash with their Tayside rivals.

He said: “Paul will be in the squad and I’m thinking seriously about playing him.

"This is his job. He’s got to play. We will use him in the games we can use him in, although obviously we can’t use him in midweek matches.

“He’s been one of our key players this season. He’s been consistent. He trains well and he plays well also. We’ve spoken to him about getting back in time and he’s been home within the curfew period in previous games so I don’t see it being a problem.”