A serial domestic offender has admitted a nasty assault at a property in Perth’s Bertha Park area.
Cameron Stephen appeared from custody at Perth Sheriff Court to admit the attack, which was sustained across October 6 and 7 this year.
The 25-year-old repeatedly slapped his girlfriend before punching her on the head and body while within a property at Gib Place.
He seized the woman by the hair and pulled her to the ground, then threatened more violence towards her.
Sheriff John MacRitchie ordered a social work report and bailed Stephen to an address in Perth’s Wallace Court.
He said a custodial sentence would be “in the mind of the sheriff sentencing” him but was not inevitable.
Stephen must return to court on November 9.
Earlier this year, Stephen was fined £600 for forcing his previous partner to flee her home and activate a domestic abuse alarm.
Badger bodge
A landowner was convicted of breaching wildlife legislation when he blocked a badger sett with a boulder in a Fife field. Peter Brown, 32, said he had not realised he was covering the sett but a sheriff said he had been reckless in his remedial work near Leslie.
Footballer on trial
Footballer Funso-King Ojo will stand trial on November 3 on charges of assaulting a man at Tannadice Park in Dundee.
The former Aberdeen midfielder is accused of assaulting Donald Dewar at Dundee United’s stadium on November 20 last year.
Now playing for Preston North End, the ex-Belgium under-21 star was excused attendance at Dundee Justice of the Peace Court and a solicitor pled not guilty on his behalf.
The 30-year-old is accused of repeatedly pushing Mr Dewar, knocking his glasses from his head and punching him on the head.
It is alleged Mr Dewar was injured as a result.
Dozy driver
Marc McMahon, 20, from Dundee narrowly avoided a road ban after he was caught driving carelessly while tired. He is on a last warning after being seen by other motorists driving erratically on the A90 and M90 before being pulled over by police on the south side of the Queensferry Crossing.
Coin-throw claim
An Aberdeen fan has appeared in court accused of throwing coins at a match in Dundee at the weekend.
Brandon Bell, 18 appeared from custody at the city’s sheriff court.
It is alleged he threw a coin towards the field of play at Tannadice Park on Saturday evening, hitting a police constable and placing players, officials, stewards and other supporters in danger.
Bell, of Scotsmill Crescent, Aberdeen had his case continued until November 4 and he was released on bail.
A Crown motion banning Bell from regulated football matches in Scotland as part of his bail conditions was not granted.
The game – a 4-0 Dundee United win – had a peculiar 6pm kick-off time for a Saturday match, with the Dons bringing a reported 4,000 supporters with them against their “New Firm” rivals.
‘Bit on the big side’
Glenrothes man Patrick Stanley, who was snared by paedophile hunters after sending pictures of his penis to a “schoolgirl”, has avoided being sent to prison. The 55-year-old was actually communicating with paedophile hunters and when confronted with an image he sent, told them: “It’s a wee bit on the big side for mine”.
Barber break-in
A barber who used to work in Perth returned to the city and was caught by police trying to drunkenly force his way into a car.
Erkan Tas, 38, appeared from custody at Perth Sheriff Court to plead guilty to attempting to break into the locked vehicle.
Listed as being of no fixed abode in court papers, the court heard former Fair City barber Tas had returned to Perth from the Highlands on October 6 and began consuming alcohol.
Police were flagged at around 7.15pm on James Street and saw Tas, who reportedly kept trying to get into the vehicle, even when challenged by officers.
Now of Union Street in Inverness, Tas was fined £210 by Sheriff John MacRitchie.
The sheriff said: “I’m going to deal with this relatively leniently.
“I’m prepared to just put this down to drunkenness on your part and not appreciating fully what you were doing.
“If there was any harm, my position would be very different indeed.
“Nothing of this ever again, is that clear?”
Bloody thief
An Angus housebreaker who smashed his way into a flat, raided a wardrobe and left an incriminating bloodstain on the bath has narrowly avoided imprisonment. Serial offender John Galloway sliced his skin while scrambling through the bathroom window of the flat on Arbroath’s Sidney Street.
Hospital tirade
A 21-year-old Dunfermline man has admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards staff at a hospital.
Graham Spence or Yasir, of the city’s Abel Place, pled guilty to the charge when he appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.
Court papers state he shouted, swore and acted in an aggressive manner towards two people in the course of their employment at Queen Margaret Hospital on September 26 last year.
Sheriff Charles Macnair adjourned sentencing until November 9 for the production of background reports.
