Fife house was transformed into £90k cannabis farm
A Dunfermline house was turned into a cannabis farm, crammed with plants worth over £90,000. The property, in a residential street, was transformed into a “sophisticated” cultivation with the...
Author: Fife Reporter
Fife woman received dead mum’s pension for almost ten years
A Fife woman received over £53,000 in pension payments for her mother in the years following after her death. Jean Hutt failed to report her mum’s death to...
Customers left feeling “drouthy” after restaurant’s closure
A Fife bar and restaurant, which promoted its vouchers as the perfect Christmas gift, has closed its doors before customers had the chance to spend them there. The Drouthy...
Fife man jailed for sex messages to 12-year-old girl in police sting
A 50-year-old Fife man has been jailed for a year for sending sex messages to someone he thought was a 12-year-old girl. Andrew Robertson, previously convicted for...
Fife writer’s Tartan Noir crime series set for TV
Tartan noir crime novels by Fife-born writer Craig Russell are being made into a TV series. Synchronicity Films has optioned the rights to Craig’s ‘Lennox’ book series about a hard-boiled...
“It was like he was trying to have sex with the fence” court told
A Dunfermline couple have told a court they saw a drunk man committing sex acts in their street in broad daylight. A witness at a trial at Dunfermline Sheriff...
Fife man jailed for violent attacks on court custody officers
Two custody officers at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court were badly injured after being violently attacked by a prisoner. A female worker was grabbed by the ear and repeatedly punched while...
Fife’s fighting fit supergrans become karate black belts
Two fighting fit Fife pensioners have both become karate black belts in their seventies. Friends Sheila Stewart (72) and Isabel Murray (77), from Dalgety Bay, only took up the...
Financial boost for Fife cinema project
Cinema facilities at Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall have received a financial boost. The Fife Cultural Trust has received £10,598 to update its equipment at the venue to provide dementia friendly,...
Fife man jailed after bus station sex offence
A Fife man, who committed a sex offence at a bus station in broad daylight, has been jailed. Two females waiting for a bus at lunch-time were shocked by the...
