Crime

A 36-year-old man who admitted stealing four butane canisters from a Hawick shop has been ordered to carry out 60 hours’ unpaid work at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

A Hawick man who admitted possession of around £900 of cannabis has been fined £325 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

A Hawick woman who admitted driving a vehicle while six-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit has been banned from the road for 16 months at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

A pensioner sent sexual messages via social media to an undercover police officer thinking he was in conversation with a 13-year-old girl, Selkirk Sheriff Court has been told.

A 21-year-old man who tried to enter a Borders racecourse while in possession of cocaine has been fined £350, the first of 10 people arrested for drugs offences at Kelso Races’ Ladies’ Day on May 27 to appear in court.

Police in Peebles are appealing for witnesses after the theft of two high-value mountain bikes at the weekend.

A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman has been found not guilty following a trial at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

Two nursery workers have been accused of forcibly dragging children in their care about and locking them inside cupboards.

A pensioner sent sexual messages via social media to an undercover police officer thinking he was in conversation with a 13-year-old girl, Selkirk Sheriff Court has been told.

Police have launched an appeal for witnesses after a four-figure sum was stolen from a till in Selkirk’s post office yesterday.

Following last week’s suspected arson attack on a brand new playground in Galashiels, council convener David Parker has said that the local authority was looking into the possibility of installing CCTV.

Brazen thieves grabbed 15 phones worth over £11,000 yesterday from a phone shop in Channel Street, Galashiels.

A trial date has been set for a Borderer accused of statutory rape of a 14-year-old boy in the US.

Police have launched an investigation into how bogus workmen defrauded a 92-year-old Melrose woman of a five-figure sum of cash.

An unknown liquid thrown at a 27-year-old man during an attack in Jedburgh earlier this month is still to be identified.

The father of the tragic boy the new playpark in Galashiels Public Park is named after is calling for security cameras to be installed there following what appears to have been an arson attack on the £290,000 facility.

A man has appeared in private at Jedburgh Sheriff Court accused of sexually assaulting a child.

An ex-Royal Navy serviceman has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after admitting making five threatening calls to Police Scotland in the space of 24 hours.

A teenager has appeared in private at Selkirk Sheriff Court charged with rape.