A man has been charged following an alleged attempted armed robbery in a northern Fife town.
Two males were held after police were called to a street in Cupar late last month.
One was charged with two attempts to rob someone of cash while using a knife, while the other faces claims that he assaulted the same two people.
Barry Kidd, 35, of the town’s Balgarvie Crescent, has now appeared in private at Dundee Sheriff Court in connection with the incident.
He made no plea or declaration in relation to two charges on petition.
Kidd is charged with attempting to rob another man, Steven Keddie, by presenting a knife at him and demanding money from him, at Burnside, Cupar, on February 26.
He is further charged with attempting to rob a second man — Ross McMahon — by presenting a knife at him and demanding money from him, on the same date and at the same location.
The case was continued for further investigation and Kidd was remanded meantime.
In a separate summary case, relating to the same alleged incidents, Shaun Rowley also appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Rowley, 31, also of Balgarvie Crescent, denied two charges against him.
He denies assaulting Mr Keddie by punching him repeatedly on the head, to his injury, at Burnside, Cupar, on February 26.
Rowley further denies assaulting Mr McMahon by punching him repeatedly on the head, to his injury, on the same date and at the same location.
He will stand trial for these two charges on May 5 with an intermediate diet on April 21.
The most recent police figures, released in late February, show that there were 39 robberies or assaults with intent to rob in the Fife Council area in the first three-quarters of this financial year.
That was a drop from 51 in the same period the previous year.
Of the 39, only one was not detected by police — meaning more than 97% of the alleged crimes were solved.
However, there was a substantial rise in common assaults across Fife year-on-year.
Up to December, there were 3,205 incidents — compared to 2,902 in the same period the year before.
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