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...
Dunfermline set for feast of live music
Dunfermline’s best musical talent will be at the centre of the new Outwith arts festival in the town next month. The four-day festival has a wide-ranging programme of music,...
Jailed for threatening bookie shop worker with “shotgun”
A Dunfermline man, who went into a local bookie shop claiming he had a gun and demanded money, has been jailed. Former soldier Jonathon Sinclair (38), of Castleblair Park,...
Assaulted his mum when she didn’t buy him drugs
A Rosyth man assaulted his mum when she did not buy him cannabis, a court has heard. Regan Ward (20), who told his mum to buy him alcohol and...
