Sex offender avoids jail over 1400 indecent images of kids
A Fife man, caught with over 1400 indecent images of children on his computers, has been put on a community payback order. Shaun Donley (42), of Lochtybank Cottages,...
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“Ripped off” worker helped himself to company cash
A worker who stole £3500 from his company claimed he did so because he had been “ripped off” over unpaid wages. Taking the law into his own hands resulted...
Four months for paedo who moved to Fife then re-offended
A paedophile, who moved to Fife just weeks after being sentenced in England for downloading almost 4000 indecent images of children, has been jailed. Twisted Tadeusz Checinski (45) committed...
Jailed for spitting on shop worker in take-away row
A Dunfermline man, angry at being called ‘mad’ in a Chinese hot food take-away, spat on a woman working there. The comment was not appreciated and led to...
Death threats over broken lawnmower
A disabled man made death threats as he waved his walking stick in a row over a broken lawnmower in a Fife pub. Richard Sinclair was furious about...
Row over missing football photo turned violent
An argument between pensioners over an old photograph turned violent in a Fife village. John McPherson was drunk when he turned up at the door of Joan Watson,...
Fife store’s deputy manager stole £1000 from safe
The deputy manager of a Co-op store stole £1000 from a safe because she was being threatened over a drugs debt. When the manager of the Rosyth store left...
Bogus workman jailed for conning Fife pensioners
Two brothers have been sentenced for preying on elderly homeowners and conning them out of large sums of money. William McPhee (32) targeted vulnerable victims across Fife telling them...
Woman attacked with hammer at Fife party
A disturbance at a Fife party escalated and ended in a woman being hit in the face by a hammer. Jason Butler (30), of White Rose Terrace, Methil, appeared...
Road rage thug punched driver, threatened woman
A driver who was involved in two road-rage incidents within a fortnight has avoided a jail sentence. In one case, Gareth Johnstone punched a man who was driving through...
