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Thursday court round-up — Spitting, shouting and drug-driving

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The Thursday court round-up.

Lockdown spitter

Harry Wilson, 20, who assaulted a police officer by attempting to spit at him during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, has been told he must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

Wilson also behaved in a threatening and abusive manner by shouting, swearing and making threats to kill people outside his home shortly after midnight on May 7, 2020.

The construction worker appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court to be ordered by Sheriff Elizabeth McFarlane to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

Procurator fiscal depute Michael Robertson said Wilson’s father had called police to his son’s home in Sauchie Crescent, Kinglassie, because he had concerns about him acting aggressively.

Harry Wilson appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

Upon arrival, the officers saw blood on Wilson’s right right arm and left leg and he became abusive towards them.

The depute fiscal said: “The accused then spat at PC Wilson but just missed.

“At this point, other officers began to arrive.

“Restraints were applied to his legs and a spit hood placed over his head.

“He was placed in the back of the van but continued his behaviour by kicking at the cell door and walls.”

He was taken to Dunfermline police station and provided details he was not suffering from Covid-19.

Defence lawyer David Bell his client started drinking too much alcohol during lockdown and was drunk during the incident in question.

Toy shop pervert

Pervert toy shop worker Grant Nicolson, from Dundee, was placed on the Sex Offenders Register. Police found child abuse images and videos on his devices.

Grant Nicholson at Dundee Sheriff Court

Abused pensioner

A Montrose man will complete unpaid work after hurling abuse at a pensioner in his street.

Kevin Christie admitted acting in a threatening manner towards Mather Quenta outside his home in Strathmore Place on October 19.

The 51-year-old acted aggressively, shouted and swore at the 70-year-old woman and uttered threats of violence.

At Forfar Sheriff Court, Sheriff Derek Reekie ordered Christie to complete 72 hours of unpaid work in the next six months.

Dog destruction wait

Fife dog walker Linda Campbell-Dunn faces an anxious wait to hear if her Newfoundland dog Teddy will be destroyed. Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard it bit a 10-year-old girl on the body and arm and a destruction order has been sought as a matter of course by the Crown.

Teddy the Newfoundland and Linda Campbell-Dunn.
Teddy the Newfoundland and Linda Campbell-Dunn.

Drug-driver

A painter and decorator has been banned from the road after police seized a small quantity of cannabis during a roadside search.

Christopher Sharp was under the influence of the drug “but not impaired” when he was pulled over by police on the A90 in Perthshire last summer.

Sharp, of Fintryside, Dundee, represented himself when he appeared at Perth Sheriff Court.

He admitted possession of cannabis on the A90, near Longforgan, on July 27, 2021.

Sharp also pled guilty to driving his Audi Quatro with cannabis in his system.

He had four times the legal limit of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol — the psychoactive substance that produces the ‘high’ associated with marijuana – in his blood.

Fiscal depute Stewart Hamilton said police had been on the look out for the vehicle, after learning it may have been involved in bringing drugs to Dundee.

It was pulled over at 6.20pm, he said.

“The accused was in the driver’s seat,” Mr Hamilton told the court.

“He was found to be under the influence of drugs but not impaired.”

Sharp was found with two packages of cannabis, both worth around £12.

Addressing Sheriff John Rafferty directly, Sharp said: “There’s not one drug conviction on my record.

“I’ve never had anything to do with drugs.”

The sheriff replied: “That’s going to change, I’m afraid.”

Sharp was fined £466 and banned from driving for a year.

The full caseload of the Dundee Crime and Courts Team can be found here.