Dunfermline man's appeal against conviction for stabbing girlfriend overturned
A Fife man who stabbed his former girlfriend has lost an appeal against his conviction. (...)
Jail for former French Foreign Legion trainee who scarred woman in bottle attack
A former trainee with the French Foreign Legion has been sent to jail for a bottle attack on a woman that left her with three permanent scars. (...)
Lochgelly man Colin Marr's stabbing remains a mystery, sheriff finds
The death of a 23-year-old man in Lochgelly remains a mystery after the Sheriff Principal was unable to determine who delivered the fatal stab wound. (...)
Kelty man's cannabis farm was worth £12,000
A Fife man who had 46 cannabis plants with a potential street value in excess of £12,000 was given community service at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. (...)
Plea to Tayside domestic abuse victims to speak up
Tayside Police are urging victims of domestic violence not to suffer in silence, after officers dealt with 40 separate disturbances in homes across the region on New Year's Day alone. (...)
Tailgating driver Stuart Barret caused crash
A driver who tailgated a car after seeing his girlfriend with another man has been told his actions verged on road rage. (...)
Driver banned for hitting 120mph on A92
A Fife man who hit speeds of up to 120mph on the A92 has been banned from driving for six months. (...)
Fife man Alan Boyle bit off part of ex-girlfriend's nose
A Fife man who bit the tip off his former girlfriend’s nose was told his actions were like something out of a horror film. (...)
Dunfermline man jailed for knife attack on former girlfriend
A Fife man who went berserk and attacked his former girlfriend was jailed for three years at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Tuesday. (...)
"No closure" for mother from Kirsty McQueen inquiry
The mother of a young Kelty woman who died after taking an epileptic fit has told The Courier that she feels there is no closure despite a fatal accident inquiry into the death and said she still waits for her daughter to come through her front door. (...)
Tesco keen to demolish former furniture store after blaze
Tesco wants to demolish a derelict building in Dunfermline that was recently ravaged by fire. (...)
NHS Fife criticised over pensioner's Queen Margaret Hospital death
A sheriff has listed a catalogue of faults found within NHS Fife in his findings into the death of a Fife pensioner who fell at Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, in late 2005 and died three days later. (...)
Seagull killer Alistair Livingstone makes donation to charity
A university student who kicked a seagull to death in front of horrified onlookers has been admonished after making a donation to the Scottish SPCA. (...)
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Cannabis gardener was victim of people traffickers
An illegal Vietnamese immigrant who speaks no English has been sent to prison for two years for being the "gardener" in a drugs factory in a Dunfermline house that stored 300 cannabis plants. (...)
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Drugs teacher David Young struck off
A Fife teacher who turned to drugs to cope with the stress he was under has been struck off, it has emerged. (...)
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Motorist Steven Evans told women he was a policeman
An IT consultant who told two women he had just flagged down he was a police officer was fined £400 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. (...)
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Fife woman Helen Pheely stabbed husband in the head 'until blade broke'
A woman stabbed her husband in the back of the head with a kitchen knife so hard that the blade snapped off, Dunfermline Sheriff Court has heard. (...)
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Police officer dragged through Dunfermline by car
A sheriff has been told how a plain clothes officer was dragged through Dunfermline town centre as he clung on to a car. (...)
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Buckhaven man's abuse of underage girls spanned 18-year period
A man who admitted molesting three young girls was jailed for more than two and a half years when he appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. (...)
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Driver who killed cyclist gets community service
A man who crashed into a cyclist and killed him has been banned from driving for a year and ordered to carry out 240 hours' community service. (...)
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