A motorist was caught speeding on a Fife dual carriageway while more than 12 times the limit for cocaine.
Liam Bremner, 31, pled guilty to speeding on the A92 between Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath on May 6 this year.
He also admitted driving with 616mcg of benzoylecgonine – a substance made when the body breaks down cocaine – per litre of blood in his system.
The specified limit for that drug is 50mcg.
At Dunfermline Sheriff Court, Sheriff Susan Duff adjourned sentencing until November 8 to obtain background reports.
Bremner, of Rosevale Place, Edinburgh, was banned from driving meantime.
Petrol panic
A van driver almost mowed down a pedestrian as he accelerated away from an “irate” shopkeeper at a Perth filling station. Gordon Cuthbert, 44, overtook queuing traffic and ran a red light after his passenger was unable to pay for fuel at the BP garage on Dunkeld Road.
Brandished vacuum attachment
A 46-year-old man has pled guilty to brandishing a vacuum cleaner attachment towards children outside his Fife home.
Graeme Falconer appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court to admit the charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by acting aggressively, repeatedly shouting and swearing and brandishing the item at children in Craigleith Avenue, Inverkeithing, on July 18 this year.
Procurator fiscal depute Brogan Moffat told the court Falconer had called police to report a number of people outside throwing items at his property and being abusive.
When police arrived they could see Falconer shouting and swearing at some children.
“They saw him brandishing a vacuum cleaner attachment.
“Police have noted him shouting and swearing towards the children, so I believe it was in close proximity (to the children).
“The accused noticed officers, turned around and ran in to the property and attempted to shut the front door but was stopped from doing so by police.”
The court heard other officers were called due to Falconer’s volatile behaviour and he was placed under arrest.
Defence lawyer Alan Davie said there is a context of his client having difficulties with teenagers in the area for “some time”, which led to him calling police on previous occasions.
The lawyer also highlighted items were thrown at his property.
Sentence was deferred until November to obtain background reports.
Pensioner and church raids
Colin Hamilton assaulted and robbed a 76-year-old Kirkcaldy woman in her own home after pretending he was there to warn of a gas leak.
Marion Mathieson said her MS had relapsed after the terrifying incident, in which Hamilton entered her home uninvited and took her purse, before pushing her away to make his escape on February 27 this year.
Among the precious items in the purse was a death notice for her beloved late husband.
Two days Hamilton, he broke into a church in Dysart and stole food, coffee and a laptop.
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