Woman has handbag stolen in Fife street
A 49-year-old woman has had her handbag snatched by a thief as she walked in a Kirkcaldy street. The incident happened around 9.45am yesterday morning in Westwood Avenue. The woman struggled with...
Author: Fife Reporter
Cross-dresser’s lunch hour antics shocked the locals
A businessman, who spent his lunch hour dressed in a tutu skirt, tights and wig before shocking Fife residents with indecent antics, has returned to court. I.T. specialist John Suares...
Police hunt “flasher” in Cowdenbeath
Police are hunting a “flasher” who exposed himself to a woman in Cowdenbeath last night. The incident happened at around 6.30pm in Woodend Place. A 41-year-old woman was walking in...
Nine months sentence for serial shoplifter
A Fife man, who went on a two-week shoplifting spree to fund his drug habit, has been jailed. Barry Laidlaw targeted various Co-op stores and stole items worth around £700....
Jailed for trying to break into house with crowbar
A thief has been jailed for breaking into a Fife man’s sheds then using the tools to try to smash his way into the house. The householder returned home...
Pouting man punched on face after asking male for a kiss
A drunk teenager took offence at being asked for a kiss by another male outside a Dunfermline nightclub and punched him on the face. The victim sustained a cracked...
Kirkcaldy street assault victim sustained fractured skull
A man sustained a fractured skull in a violent street assault in Kirkcaldy. Anthony Coull got out of a car and attacked the victim who was left unconscious with...
Fife man jailed for brutal street assault on schoolboy (13)
A Dunfermline man, who viciously assaulted a terrified schoolboy in an unprovoked, drunken attack, has been jailed for 34 months. The 13-year-old boy required hospital treatment after being targeted...
Fire breaks out at Fife nursing home
Fire service units have been called to a blaze at Forth Bay Nursing Home in Kincardine this afternoon. The alarm was raised at around 3.25pm, the building was evacuated and all residents...
Jailed for threats to set fire to health officer
A Dunfermline man, who repeatedly threatened to pour petrol over his mental health officer and set fire to her, has been jailed. Heroin addict Lee Sutherland (25), of Broomhead...
