A Dundee Man spent nine months on remand for possessing a Stanley Knife.
Charlie Anderson, 31, was caught with a blade on Balunie Avenue in August 2021.
Anderson, who has a criminal record, had his sentence backdated at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown said: “You have already spent nine months on remand.
“You do have a number of previous convictions.
“Your social work report does suggest you are now drug free.
“I will impose a custodial sentence of 10 months, backdated to August 2021.”
Killer jailed
Cowdenbeath killer Marc McKinlay was jailed for six years for causing the death of a “loving” grandfather by pushing him down a flight of stairs at Haymarket train station. McKinlay, 38, was convicted of the culpable homicide of d Donald Maguire, 58.
‘Silly behaviour’
Pensioner David Seaman was placed under supervision and on the Sex Offenders Register for six months.
Wheelchair user Seaman, 79, previously pled guilty to sexually assaulting one of the women and communicating indecently with another by making sexualised comments towards her at his home.
He slapped one of his carers on the bottom just a few months after asking another if she would “get in bed with him”.
At Dunfermline Sheriff Court, Sheriff Grant McCulloch noted legislation meant an admonition would have resulted in Seaman being placed on the register for five years, which he said was disproportionate.
The sheriff told the court social worker, while the department had not identified Seaman as suitable for supervision, he would like them to discuss his “minimisation” and “old-fashioned views.”
He told Seaman: “You engaged in some rather silly behaviour with your carers.
“As you’ve accepted with your guilty plea, you went too far and your behaviour was unacceptable.
“You may not have realised that at the time but hopefully now you realise this behaviour these days is unacceptable.”
Trigger’s back home
A dog reunited with her owners after being stolen more than a year ago has been used for breeding and then ditched as the price of puppies plummeted, the couple say. Springer spaniel Trigger was taken along with kennel-mate Maggie from an estate in the Highlands last July. Maggie as quickly recovered in Crieff and Trigger abandoned in Highland Perthshire this week.
Good behaviour
A canoe instructor who threw a skateboard around outside a Dundee hostel then flashed police in a gender row has been ordered to be of good behaviour.
Alannah Morgan, 50, previously admitted charges of acting in a threatening or abusive manner at Brewery Lane in Dundee.
Morgan, of no fixed abode, also admitted shouting, swearing, acting aggressively and making offensive remarks to police during a journey between the hostel and West Bell Street HQ.
While in a police vehicle, she struck the internal cell door, exposed her buttocks, spat inside the cell and pulled down her trousers, exposing her genitals.
Her solicitor said the exposure was not a sexual act but “a demonstration” in an argument she was having about gender.
Sentence was further deferred at Dundee Sheriff Court until October 5 to be of good behaviour.
Hungry speeder
BMW driver Gary Stewart, 55, pulled into a petrol forecourt outside Dundee to check if the shop was open after a 100mph police chase on the A90. Prosecutors claimed Stewart tried to lose police when he pulled into the filling station and exited moments later but the offshore worker said he had only stopped at Bullionfield to see if Marks and Spencer was still open.
Benefit of the doubt
A man who sent a series of threatening social media messages to staff at a Perth homeless hostel has escaped further punishment.
Taimoor Khan appeared at Perth Sheriff Court, having previously admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in late 2019.
The court heard that between December 9 and 15, Khan, of Carnegael, Almondbank, posted messages online that contained threats of violence and offensive comments which were directed at employees of the city’s Greyfriars Hostel.
Sheriff William Wood was told the 25-year-old had stayed out of trouble since the case last called in March.
“You haven’t been without your difficulties,” the sheriff said to Khan.
“I want to give you the benefit of the doubt.
“Given that this case is three years old and you have been of good behaviour, you will be admonished.
“Hopefully that will wipe your slate clean.”
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