Man who went to pub with a knife in his trouser leg sentenced to unpaid work
A TRANENT man who brought a knife to a town pub has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.
Festival reveller fined for trying to bite a police officer
A COUNTY man who attempted to bite a police inspector while being arrested at a dance festival in Edinburgh has been fined.
‘Last chance’ for teen who hurled vodka bottle at police officer to turn life around
A TEENAGER has been handed “a last chance” to turn his life around by a sheriff after he pleaded guilty to throwing a vodka bottle at a British Transport Police officer’s head.
Man made offensive remarks towards partner in heated argument
A COUNTY resident made offensive remarks towards his partner during a heated argument at the couple’s home last year. Jamie Stevenson shouted, swore and acted in an aggressive manner towards the woman at the property on Caesar Road in Tranent. Stevenson, 38, also made offensive remarks and threw household items about the home, leading concerned neighbours to call in the police on December 9 last year. Stevenson was arrested and charged, though his partner did not wish to engage with the police. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard that Stevenson had previous convictions for domestic offending and he had pleaded guilty to the offence last December. Sentence had been deferred twice for social work reports to be carried out and he was due to be sentenced at the Capital court last week. But the sheriff in charge of the case was unavailable and sentence was again deferred to later this month.
Man fined after behaving aggressively towards his partner
A MUSSELBURGH man behaved aggressively towards his partner and shouted threats of violence towards her during an argument at his home.
‘Appalling’ driving saw woman crash into stone gate pillar
A TRANENT motorist has been banned from driving for more than a year after she admitted to a series of “appalling” road offences.
Warrant out for arrest of man who failed to show up to court
A MUSSELBURGH man has had a warrant put out for his arrest after he failed to show up to court for a sentencing. Ben Vanhagen was due to appear in the dock at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in front of Sheriff Iain Nicol to find out his fate after previously admitting to assaulting a social worker. Vanhagen, of Delta Road, punched employee Keith Sutherland during a social work meeting at an office at Shrub Mount in Edinburgh on January 23. The 22-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence when he appeared
‘Tired’ supermarket worker drifted onto wrong side of road in crash
A “tired” supermarket worker ended up in hospital after he swayed onto the opposite side of the road and crashed into a car coming the other way.
Pensioner mounted pavement to pass bin lorry and ends up in court
AN IMPATIENT pensioner has landed himself in court after he failed to wait on a refuse lorry moving out of the way and decided to drive on the pavement to overtake the vehicle.
Teenager spat on bus driver, then later punched a woman in the head and had a knife
A TRANENT teenager who spat on a bus driver and then 12 months later punched a woman on the head will be sentenced later this month.
