£500 fine for war hero who threatened to jump off bridge

A decorated war hero has been fined after threatening to throw himself off a Scottish landmark.

Christopher Reynolds, who once shot a Taliban warlord from a mile away, bombarded his ex-girlfriend with text messages saying he intended to end his life by jumping from the Forth Bridge.

The messages sparked a full-scale search and police eventually found him in his home town of Dalgety Bay.

Solicitor Billy Somerville, representing Reynolds, said the 31-year-old has ongoing mental health issues.

Reynolds had previously admitted that on November 28 last year at Perth’s Kingswell Terrace he sent an offensive text message stating that he wished to kill himself.

Sheriff Lindsay Foulis fined Reynolds, of Oxcars Drive, Dalgety Bay, £500.

For more on this story, see Thursday’s Courier.