A 34-year-old man has admitted breaking into a Fife garage and stealing four motorbikes.
Brian Taylor, of Woodburn Drive, Dalkeith, appeared in Dunfermline Sheriff Court this week to plead guilty to the offence which took place on April 14 last year.
Court papers state the business premises was occupied by Marshall Motorcycles in Carnock Road in the Dunfermline area.
Defence lawyer Stephen Morrison told the court that one of Taylor’s bail conditions is that he is not allowed to enter Fife.
A not guilty plea to the charge from Taylor’s co-accused was accepted by the Crown.
Sheriff Paul Reid adjourned sentencing on Taylor until September 21 for the production of background reports.
Snippy suspect
A man has admitted carrying a pair of scissors in the street in Glenrothes.
Robert Kerr, of Sauchie Street in Kinglassie, appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Tuesday to admit carrying the bladed article on Napier Street.
Police had reason to look for the 42-year-old at 12.20am on May 11, last year.
When they searched him, they found the scissors.
Defending, solicitor Danielle Stringer said: “Mr Kerr accepts full responsibility that he had the scissors in his possession when the police searched him on that occasion.
“Mr Kerr has been before the court on numerous occasions.
“In April and May 2021, he was going through a significantly rough patch.”
Sheriff Elizabeth McFarlane continued his supervised bail and deferred sentencing until September 19 for reports.
Murder bid man’s cop assault
A man who was convicted of a double attempted murder in Perth has admitted waving a metal pole at two police officers and head butting one of them.
Mark Wishart appeared by video link at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Tuesday to admit a pair of police assaults.
The 34-year-old HMP Perth inmate admitted brandishing a metal pole “menacingly” and punching both officers on the head when they attended at his home in Dunsire Street, Kirkcaldy.
He also admitted headbutting one constable to the temple, mildly concussing him.
Solicitor David Cranston explained that Wishart had moved back to Fife after the former Aberdeen window cleaner was forced to hang up the squeegee after falling from a ladder and breaking his leg and foot.
He said Wishart had relapsed into drug use and was under the influence at the time of his offending.
Sheriff Elizabeth McFarlane ordered reports and deferred sentence until September 19.
Blackmailer avoids jail time
A sex plot blackmailer who was caught when he left his DNA on a handwritten ransom note has dodged a prison sentence.
Father-of-two Kevin Proctor was allowed to walk from court after a sheriff heard his wife could lose her nursery supervisor job and university place if he was locked up.
Sheriff Robert More said: “You pled guilty to two charges of very significant gravity. They were component parts of a single course of criminal behaviour.
“They were planned meticulously and carried out in a most sinister manner with the creation of a false social media profile and deliberate targeting of unsuspecting individuals at random.”
‘Cannibal’ threat to police
A former Fife soldier claimed he was a cannibal and threatened to eat a police officer’s child during an “outrageous” drunken outburst.
John Steele, of Inverkeithing, said he would take the officer’s daughter “to the Taliban”.
The 31-year-old made the alarming threats as he was being transported to Kirkcaldy police station.
Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard Steele made other vile remarks during the journey including threats to kill and mutilate police.
Defence lawyer Alexander Flett said Steele was “genuinely remorseful” for his behaviour and stressed he’d been suffering from the death of his father.
He had “unresolved issues” with a police investigation into the tragic circumstances, said Mr Flett.
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