A Dunfermline care worker who targeted two women for a series of poison pen letters has appeared in court.
The campaigns, more than seven years apart, were a mystery until the two victims got together and identified someone known to them both who turned out to be the culprit, Anne Kinnimouth.
Kinnimouth, 62, of Dovecot Way, Pitreavie Castle, admitted that between May 1 and May 18 2006 at South Dewar Street and elsewhere, she conducted herself in a disorderly manner and sent anonymous cards and letters to a couple which contained offensive remarks, to their fear and alarm and committed a breach of the peace.
She also admitted that between October 30 2013 and August 21 at Braemar Gardens, Dunfermline, and elsewhere she engaged in a course of conduct which caused another woman fear and alarm by sending anonymous letters and cards.
She was sentenced at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
Depute fiscal Sam Johnston said the first woman received three letters hinting her husband was having an affair.
In one of the letters the victim was described as an “orange, anorexic freak”.
The woman’s husband also received a Valentine’s Day card.
In the second case, letters stated “You are becoming a laughing stock” and “You are so materialistic”.
Mr Johnston said another letter hinted the woman’s husband was having an affair. “She felt intimidated and that somebody was watching her,” he added.
Defence solicitor Russel McPhate said his client lives with her husband and works as a carer for Fife Council.
He said his client felt “guilty, ashamed and upset” at her actions.
Sheriff Charles Macnair said the incidents took place over a prolonged period and would have been “extremely distressing” to the victims.
He imposed a community payback order with 135 hours of unpaid work. He also ordered Kinnimouth to pay compensation of £200 to the first victim and £400 to the second.