Thursday court round-up — Card theft fraudster and exposure allegations
All forms of life in the Thursday round-up.
View ArticleFife businessman’s racist rant at shop owner came after ‘retard’ comment,...
A Fife businessman told a shop worker to “go back to his own country” before punching him.
View ArticlePerthshire school music instructor goes on trial accused of sexual assault
The trial has begun of a school music instructor accused of sexually assaulting young female pupils by "striking them on their buttocks with drumsticks".
View ArticlePerthshire businessman jailed for raping drugged man and sending him video...
A drug-addled Perthshire businessman was jailed for two years after filming the rape of a sex partner and sending footage to the victim.
View ArticleSheriff orders man to stand trial for ‘murder’ of Dundee dad Lee Small
A man has been ordered to stand trial over claims he murdered a dad at his Dundee home.
View ArticleFife rapist, 33, faces prison for attacking women since he was a teenager
An "angry man" who brutalised and raped women in a catalogue of violence faces a lengthy jail sentence.
View ArticleBoy, 15, accused of attempting to murder 85-year-old Angus woman by...
A 15-year-old boy has appeared in court accused of attempting to murder an 85-year-old woman in her Angus home.
View ArticlePerth grandad caught in paedophile hunter sting placed on Register
A Perth grandfather who danced topless for a paedophile hunter posing as a 13-year-old schoolgirl has been placed on the Sex Offender Register.
View ArticleWoman claims Perthshire music teacher struck her ‘regularly’ with drumsticks
A former member of a pupils' pipe band told a court a teacher had "regularly" struck her on her bottom with drumsticks and his hands at a Perthshire school.
View ArticleFriday court round-up — Markies gift card scam
The end of the week but no end to the court action.
View ArticlePerthshire restaurant worker caught with £10k of cannabis ordered to pay back...
A Perth restaurant worker caught with a suitcase containing £10,000 of cannabis has been ordered to pay back just £760.
View ArticlePerth drugs courier jailed for £200k Newcastle to Scotland cocaine run
A drugs courier caught in a Perthshire village with nearly £200,000 of cocaine was jailed for two years.
View ArticleKinross man smashed woman’s car window with bare hands at Fife petrol station
A Kinross-shire man dragged his former partner from her car on a petrol station forecourt in a bid to grab her mobile phone.
View ArticleFife nurse ‘most unpleasant individual’ policeman had dealt with
A nurse was branded “the most unpleasant individual he had dealt with” by the police officer who arrested her.
View ArticleSupervision for Fife teenager who hid child abuse files in fake calculator app
A Fife teenager who hoarded indecent images of children in a vault app disguised as a calculator, has been banned from having contact with children.
View ArticleGardener waved hooked pole on Fife high street, got rugby tackled then jailed
A "gardener" who waved a metal pole with a hook on it around Methil High Street before being rugby tackled by a member of the public has been jailed.
View ArticleSupermarket Creep — Tayside Tesco boss dodges jail after sending sexual...
A Tayside Tesco manager who sent explicit photos to children on social media has been spared a prison sentence.
View ArticleDunfermline man jailed and placed on Register for life for assaulting three...
A Dunfermline man who sexually abused teenagers has been jailed for four and a half years.
View ArticleDunfermline head stamper put victim in recovery position before leaving
A comment about his children triggered Ryan Knowles into stamping on another man's head at a flat in Dunfermline.
View ArticleFormer Dundee wrestling referee John Gerrie faces jail after being unmasked...
A former professional wrestling referee is facing jail after being caught sending sick messages to decoys he believed were underage girls.
View Article‘Disgraceful, sordid and dirty’— sheriff slams Crieff spitting attack
A teenager who spat on his ex-girlfriend during a violent encounter in Crieff town centre has been branded “sordid and dirty” by a sheriff.
View ArticleInverkeithing death — 26-year-old appears in court accused of murder
A 26-year-old has appeared in court charged with the murder of Inverkeithing man Mohammed Salim Uddin.
View Article42 months’ detention for drink driver who caused deaths of Fife teens Connor...
A teenage drink driver who caused the deaths of two friends in a crash after he drove off from an all-night party has been detained for 42 months.
View Article‘A blight on our society’— Domestic abuser choked woman in Dundee attack
A violent brute who choked his former partner with both hands and punched her has dodged a prison sentence.
View ArticlePerthshire music teacher touched pupil on bottom and said ‘I’m your school...
A music instructor at a Perthshire school told a pupil "I'm your school dad" when she challenged him about hitting her on the bottom with his hands and drumsticks, a jury heard on Tuesday.
View ArticleTuesday court round-up — Foodbank assault and murder petitions
The daily round-up from Tayside and Fife's courts.
View ArticleAngus nurse spotted swigging Desperados before driving home from Asda
A NHS nurse and Covid vaccinator was caught drink driving by police after being spotted swigging from a large Desperados bottle in an Asda car park.
View ArticleBaileys and Smirnoff bottle top plant admits safety breach which led to...
A Bridge of Allan bottle-top manufacturer was fined after an employee's finger was caught in a printing press.
View ArticleDrug-addled Perthshire train passenger tried to barge into wrong house
A man so confused that he mistook a flat in Larbert, Stirlingshire for his brother's home 15 miles away in Perthshire has been jailed.
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