A man spotted by police and stewards at a Dunfermline v Falkirk football match when he wasn’t allowed to be there was fined £200.
Harry Walker, 28, admitted failing to comply with a condition not to attend any regulated football matches in Scotland, having been given an undertaking to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on March 9.
Walker, of Woodlands Place in Falkirk, appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court and pled guilty to attending the game at East End Park on March 7.
Procurator fiscal depute Azrah Yousaf told the court: “They recognised him due to previous dealings with him and he was asked by officers to leave the stadium.
“He did and was thereafter charged”.
Ms Yousaf said she had no details about the Kilmarnock court case.
Walker, self representing in court, said he has denied an allegation of culpable and reckless conduct.
Asked by Sheriff Edward Gilroy his excuse for not sticking to the conditions, Walker replied: “No excuse”.
Prolific 60 days
A crack cocaine addict from Dundee stole a nurse’s car from Ninewells hospital while she was treating patients. During an extraordinary 60-day crime spree, John Forbes also stole charity cash, robbed Dundee homes and made off in other cars as he averaged one crime every 40 hours throughout the eight-week period.
Pushed 95-year-old
A Dundee woman has been fined at the city’s sheriff court after she pushed a 95-year-old woman.
Barbara Anderson admitted pushing Alice Carey against a wall and causing her to bang her head in the close they share on Pentland Crescent on November 7 2022.
Sheriff Gary Sutherland fined her £320, including a £20 victim surcharge.
Amputation after accident
A Perthshire animal feed supplier has been fined £27,000 after a worker lost a foot in an accident with a forklift truck. Broomhall Ltd admitted health and safety failings leading to the horrific accident which forced 61-year-old John Brodie to have his right leg amputated below the knee.
Flasher’s pond threat
A student who flashed at a wheelchair-bound man before threatening to hurl him into a pond was fined £200.
Rhiannon McKay, 30, from Perthshire, admitted causing fear or alarm by acting in a threatening or abusive manner and exposing her naked breasts to the man, who she had just met.
Perth Sheriff Court was told McKay bared her chest to the shocked man, after drinking, in a Perthshire park.
Fiscal depute David Currie said the complainer and a third person were in the park when McKay joined them and asked them to go to a nearby house.
Mr Currie said the witness felt “uneasy” about joining McKay because she was “fearful” of the accused’s erratic behaviour.
He said they noted she was drinking from a bottle in her handbag and her demeanour changed.
“Without warning she said ‘do you want to see my t**s?’ He declined.
“Despite this, the accused lifted her low-cut top and essentially flashed her naked breasts at (the complainer).
“He felt very uncomfortable.
“He tried to avoid engaging in further conversation and wanted to leave.
“She said to him he was being ‘too political’ and warned him that if he continued she would ‘throw him in the pond’.”
Solicitor Linda Clark, defending, told the court her “embarrassed” client had started drinking heavily after allegedly being the victim of a serious assault during 2021 but had since stopped.
Sheriff Gillian Wade ruled the offence was not sexually motivated.
Sexual assaults
A “creepy” support worker from Kinross-shire, who sexually assaulted a teenage girl and a vulnerable young woman in homeless shelters, has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register. Kenneth Thompson, 65, from Powmill, will be sentenced next month.
Rapist jailed
John Weir, 29, was jailed for eight years at the High Court in Aberdeen for serious sexual offences.
Weir, who also uses the name John Krogan, 29, was convicted of a number of offences, including rape, carried out on a number of women in the Fife area between 2010 and 2020.
Police Scotland’s Detective Sergeant Lauren O’Neil said: “Weir carried out these crimes over a number of years and he will now face the consequence of his despicable actions in prison.
“I hope this sentencing gives the victims who came forward some comfort and allows them to move forward.
“We take reports of such offences seriously, regardless of how much time has passed and work to support victims.
“I would encourage anyone who has been impacted by this type of crime to report it.”
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