A drug-driver has been banned from the road after being caught driving on the A92 with cocaine in his system.
Robert Conway appeared from custody at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
He admitted driving a van between Chapel and Lochgelly while impaired by the drug on November 8 in 2021.
The 34-year-old had 800 mics of cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine in his blood – above the limit of 50mics, and had 14 mics of cocaine in his blood, above the limit of 10 mics.
Sheriff Maryam Labaki said: “These are serious charges and you will be disqualified in the interim.”
Conway, of Greenacres in Blairadam, was released on bail and will be sentenced on May 9 after reports have been prepared.
Illegal OnlyFans upload
Holli-Ann Thornby-Cook uploaded a video to OnlyFans of her engaging in “sexual activity” with a man without his consent. The 24-year-old, from Fife admitted disclosing the recording and then going on to commit a stalking offence against the man.
Lobbed possessions from window
An serial domestic offender from Angus must stay away from his ex-partner for three years after she needed police to help her collect belongings around the time of their break-up.
Christopher Watt, 46, was handed a direct alternative to prison by Sheriff Mark Thorley after he hurled the woman’s items out his window.
Watt had been in a relationship with the woman for years and her parents had contacted him about collecting belongings as she had blocked him on social media.
On November 11, the woman and another person arrived at Watt’s home and he began shouting at them.
They left and contacted police for help, returning half an hour later with officers.
From inside, Watt was heard to shout “come on to f***” and threw items belonging to the woman through a window.
Watt, of Orange Lane in Montrose, admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner.
At Forfar Sheriff Court, he was handed 240 hours of unpaid work.
His former partner will be protected by a non-harassment order for three years.
Watt was jailed for eight months in 2017 for a string of domestic offending towards different partners.
Stanley knife attack
A Dundee knifeman has been jailed for three and a half years after he permanently scarred another man’s head with a Stanley blade. Scott Flynn, 38, was convicted by jurors of severely injuring and permanently disfiguring his victim.
Good behaviour order
A Fife man has admitted shouting and swearing at his former partner.
William Hamilton, 41, acted in a threatening manner at Elie Holiday Park on August 4 2022.
Hamilton, of Kingsdale Gardens, Leven, had his sentence deferred by Sheriff Gary Sutherland for six months for him to be of good behaviour.
Five clues that snared killer
Ahead of a new Netflix programme examining the case, The Courier looks back at the vital elements that helped snare Ross Taggart for murdering his mother. The Dunfermline 30-year-old throttled and bludgeoned his mum to death at Christmas-time nearly a decade ago and hid her body under a seaside caravan.
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