Dundee United sporting director Tony Asghar has denied speeding and will stand trial next month.
Prosecutors claim Asghar was caught driving above the speed limit on the A919 in Fife, near its junction with the A914, on February 2 2021.
The former police officer was allegedly clocked at 45mph on a stretch of the St Michael’s to Leuchars Road which has a 30mph limit.
Asghar, 53, from Bearsden, maintained his not guilty plea when the case called at Dundee’s Justice of the Peace court.
Baby-shaker faces jail
Declan Walton has been warned he faces prison after admitting causing a baby devastating injuries as a 10-week-old. He initially denied shaking the tot at a property in Fife but medical evidence suggested otherwise. The court heard the child may never recover.
Title-winning bottle lob
A Fife dock worker threw a bottle at police during the Rangers title celebrations in 2021.
Graeme Conners, 38, claimed he committed the crime to bring attention to a woman he believed was being manhandled.
Thousands of fellow jubilant Gers fans gathered at Glasgow’s George Square to celebrate the club’s first Scottish Premiership title win on May 15 2021.
The city’s sheriff court was told there were supporters and members of the public “causing large scale acts of violence directed towards police.”
An order of dispersal of the square and its surrounding areas was made by the commanding officer after 8pm.
CCTV and video footage was later reviewed as part of a police enquiry.
Prosecutor Carrie Stevens said: “Conners is seen throwing one bottle toward officers before he is removed from the plinth of a statue by the use of a shield.
“He is seen to fall over and is thereafter lost from view.”
Conners, a first offender from Kincardine, later handed himself into police and pled guilty to culpable and reckless conduct.
Garvey McCardle, defending, told an earlier hearing: “He was not standing on a plinth when he threw the bottle.
“He saw a woman being removed…he was gesturing to a photo journalist and the woman received press coverage after she was put to the ground.
“He saw it happening and threw the bottle of Coke, which went over the police line, to remonstrate with those responsible for what they did to the woman, then tried to involve the journalist.
“Mr Conners has worked in the docks in Rosyth for years and has been at all Rangers matches since.”
Conners was ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work.
Sex act payment dispute
A Dundee woman was caught in the street, waving about a hammer, after a dispute with a wannabe punter over the price of a sex act. Kimberly Flynn, 33, had taken the tool from the man’s boot after he offered her £40 in the city last March.
‘Lively’ day in Dundee
A birthday trip to the city of Discovery turned sour after a man threw a phone in a popular hotel, hitting his wife in the face.
Brian Toal, 41, had treated his partner to a trip to Dundee for her 40th birthday in November.
The pair had consumed alcohol on a night out before returning to the Premier Inn on Riverside Drive.
An argument ensued and in anger Toal threw his wife’s phone, which hit her on the eye.
Depute fiscal Kate Scarborough told Dundee Sheriff Court: “It struck her to the right eye.
“It causes a bruise and swelling.
“The witness attended the reception area to get ice (for the injury)
“The matter was then reported to the police.”
Defence solicitor Michelle Skelly, in mitigation for Toal, said: “It was his wife’s birthday, they had a lively day in Dundee, alcohol had been consumed.
“There was no intention by him to hurt his wife.”
Fining him, Sheriff George Way said: “At his age, this is a serious conviction.
“If he ever comes back before the court it can bite him, it can also bite him in things like job applications.
“This will have a serious impact on someone with a previously clean record.”
Toal, of Lochend Road, Glasgow, admitted throwing a mobile telephone at his wife, to her injury. on November 13 2022.
He was fined £420.
Christmas restaurant raider
Restaurant raider Ryan Simpson has been jailed for breaking into Beirut on Perth Road and making off with the cash register. It was one of a number of crimes committed by the thief last Christmas.
