Sheriff questions inquiry into swine flu victim Bill Anderson's death
A sheriff has questioned why taxpayers' money was spent on a fatal accident inquiry into a Fife swine flu death. (...)
Fife policeman cleared of stalking female special constable
A Fife policeman who was accused of stalking a female special constable by following her in his car and sending her letters and text messages walked free from Dunfermline Sheriff Court. (...)
Stephen McKay's fatal crash ban now four years
Law Lords have increased the length of a driving ban for a Fife motorist who crashed into a cyclist and killed him, following an appeal by Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini. (...)
Businessman is fined for Inverkeithing safety breach
A businessman was fined almost £3000 after a security guard fell off a pier and broke his ribs. (...)
"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. (...)
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. (...)
More on: Marjorie Socha | Dunfermline | Craig McSherry | Inverkeithing | Culross
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. (...)
More on: David Young | Fife Council | General Teaching Council for Scotland | Saline | Dunfermline
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. (...)
More on: Dunfermline | Rosyth | Dunfermline Sheriff Court | Steven Evans | BMW
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. (...)
More on: Fife | Dunfermline Sheriff Court | Dunfermline | Buckhaven | Edmund Miller
Appeal to save "attack dog"
The owner of a rottweiler branded "extremely violent" with the "potential to kill" by a sheriff has lodged an appeal against it being put down, with the case now set to go before the High Court. (...)
More on: High Court | Larry Flynn | Fiona Garry | Cowdenbeath | Craig McSherry
Cowdenbeath woman's violent dog to be destroyed
A sheriff has ordered an "extremely violent" dog that bit two people be put down. (...)
More on: Dunfermline Sheriff Court | Dunfermline | Cowdenbeath | Fiona Garry | Lee Leswel
Inverkeithing baby was beyond help
Nothing could have been done to save the life of a Fife baby who died when a viral infection caused him to stop breathing, a sheriff has ruled. (...)
More on: Michael Lumsden | Dunfermline | Sathas | Edinburgh | Neil Gibson