Banned driver jailed after false name scam fails
A disqualified driver who gave a false name when stopped by police was identified when officers looked at his social media page. Robert Brown had been banned from driving...
Category: Court
Reversed car at rival during street confrontation
A drug addict who drove his car at a neighbour during a confrontation in a Kirkcaldy street has been jailed. Stefan Hunter (30), currently a prisoner at Glenochil, appeared...
Police threatened during caravan stand-off
Police were repeatedly threatened during a stand-off with a resident at a travellers’ site in Fife. Reinforcements were brought in when James McPhee told police they had made a...
Football fan banned for East End Park flare incident
A hooligan who lit a smoke bomb during a match at East End Park has been banned from football grounds for a year. A court was shown CCTV video...
Drink-driver crashed when almost 7 times over the limit
A Fife drink-driver, who was involved in a collision with another vehicle when he was almost seven times over the limit, has avoided jail. Lorne Anderson’s car ended up...
Fife woman (65) spat on and dragged along street by road rage driver
A 65-year-old Dunfermline woman was spat on then dragged along the street by the vehicle of a serial road rage offender. Gareth Johnstone followed the car driven by the...
Intruder found in couple’s bedroom in middle of the night
A couple were shocked to find a drunken intruder lying on their bedroom floor in the middle of the night. The culprit turned out to be someone who had...
Sex offender sentenced for indecent images offences
Police found devices containing indecent child images when they searched a home in Blairhall. Edward McGaffney (52), now of Princes Court, Ayr, returned to Dunfermline Sheriff Court for sentencing. ...
Back to jail after two injured in courtroom violence
A police officer and G4S officer were injured after violence broke out in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. The disturbance was caused by Reece Knowles when he had a six-month...
Fife firm found guilty of safety failings following worker’s death
A Fife plant hire firm has been found guilty of failing to carry out a risk assessment into the possibility of lorries being driven off while work was being...
