A Crieff man has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register after he admitted “windmilling” naked in front of a teenage girl.
Perth Sheriff Court heard Neil Adams was showering at home when he was asked by the youngster what a windmill was.
Fiscal Rebecca Kynaston said the 49-year-old “placed his hand on his flaccid penis and swung it round in way of a demonstration”.
Adams later admitted the offence when questioned by police on the driveway of his Highland Drive home.
He told officers there was no sexual intent and said he was “a bit of a joker”.
Sheriff Francis Gill placed Adams on the Register and deferred sentence until January.
Benefits cheat
A failing businessman who posed as his dead dad to con the benefits agency and council out of nearly £22,000 has been jailed. Hassan Mirza, 40, of Dundee had mounted up £30,000 in debt when he started claiming benefits in his father’s name more than three years after he died.
Hash stash
A Dundee woman has been fined after admitting growing cannabis at her home.
At the city’s sheriff court, fiscal depute Kate Scarborough said police were at the Westcroft Place home for unrelated reasons on August 11 and uncovered Leigh Jackson’s cultivation.
Officers found plants, plant nutrient, a fan, a light, and a tent.
46-year-old Jackson was not present when her solicitor Anika Jethwa pled guilty on her behalf to producing the controlled drug, saying it had been for personal use in relation to health conditions.
Sheriff John Rafferty fined Jackson £320 and ordered seizure of the paraphernalia.
“The system doesn’t appear to be sophisticated,” the sheriff said.
Abuser tagged
A Dundee man with a horrendous list of previous domestic abuse convictions has been placed on curfew for four months for his latest crimes. Michael Morley, 41, was acquitted of rape charges following a trial at the High Court in Dundee in September. However, he was convicted of a pair of domestic offences.
‘Riot’ charges dropped
Criminal charges against a St Johnstone fan accused of being involved in a “near riot” at McDiarmid Park have been dropped.
Charlie Johnstone, 22, was due to stand trial at Perth Sheriff Court this week in connection with disorder on the night of Saints’ Scottish Cup win in May last year.
However, the case was formally “not called” on the day of the trial, meaning the matter has been officially shelved.
A Crown Office spokesman said: “Following full and careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, including the available admissible evidence, the Procurator Fiscal decided that there should be no further criminal proceedings at this time.
“The Crown reserves the right to proceed in the future should further evidence become available.”
Johnstone of Nimmo Avenue, Perth, had denied allegations he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner, as part of a disorderly crowd.
He was last year banned from attending St Johnstone games, home or away, as part of bail conditions.
Five fans have been convicted in connection with the same incident while charges against another were deemed not proven.
Racism slammed
The second session of the public inquiry into the death of Kirkcaldy man Sheku Bayoh opened with its leader Lord Bracadale condemning racist abuse aimed at the dead man’s family. Mr Bayoh’s sisters spoke of their torment during a vigil before the inquiry re-opened.
