Conman architect jailed after duping clients
A Fife architect has been jailed for conning a client with a fake building warrant. Construction consultant Derek McCafferty gave the bogus document to a householder who was having...
Category: Court
Jail for jealous partner who “saw red” and attacked friend
A Fife man, who violently attacked a friend who had spent the night at the home of his partner, has been jailed for two years and three months. ...
Woman was trapped in car after student caused horror crash
A woman was trapped in her car and had to be cut free after a crash caused by the dangerous driving of a Dunfermline teenager. Liam McDaid, who...
Cannabis ‘gardener’ faces deportation after jail term
A 22-year-old man as been jailed after a Fife house was turned into a cannabis farm with plants worth over £90,000. Phuc Duck Ngo, a Vietnamese illegal immigrant, said...
Jail for “caveman” after Fife street attack on partner
A Fife man, who grabbed his partner’s ponytail, put her in a headlock and dragged her along the street, has been branded “a caveman”. Andrew Gillies has been...
Cabbie kicked by woman during racist attack
A taxi driver was attacked, kicked and subjected to racist abuse in his cab by a drunk woman in Dunfermline. Julie Greig insisted that the driver...
Fife man sentenced for indecent child images
A 46-year-old man, who downloaded child porn at his home in Glenrothes, has been sentenced to carry out unpaid work. The offending took place over a four-month period and...
Fife man simulated sex act on taxi bonnet
A 36-year-old man has been found guilty of simulating sex on a taxi bonnet with his trousers at his ankles in a Dunfermline street. The shocked cabbie had...
Sheriff tells drink-driver: I’m surprised you could even walk to the vehicle
A Dunfermline man decided to drive to shops when he was almost seven times over the limit. A sheriff told 58-year-old James Reid he was surprised he could even find...
Flashing odd-job man who stripped naked is behind bars
A 54-year-old Dunfermline man offered to help two vulnerable women then exposed himself to them. On one occasion, Brian Michie asked to use a woman’s toilet then emerged...
