Crime

A learner driver under the influence of alcohol crashed into two houses and a police car after taking a car without permission.

A 30-year-old man has been jailed for six months at Selkirk Sheriff Court for breaching bail conditions.

Being involved in a bust-up with her then partner and with police at the Borders General Hospital at Melrose has led to a 43-year-old woman being ordered to carry out 120 hours’ unpaid work.

A booze thief has been spared a prison sentence at Jedburgh Sheriff Court after admitting a break-in at a Borders caravan park.

A university student has been ordered to carry out 100 hours’ unpaid work for dealing drugs.

A man has been accused of having sexual intercourse with a girl twice while she was aged just 13.

A 20-year-old man has been accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls.

A 22-year-old man responsible for two thefts from gardens in Selkirk has been given a home night-time curfew for the next 80 days at the town’s sheriff court.

A jewellery thief has been jailed for eight months at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

A former soldier has been fined £300 and banned from the road for a year after admitting drink-driving last month.

A rogue builder has been jailed for eight months after owning up to three thefts.

A man has been fined £225 after admitting acting in a racially aggravated manner in the car park at the Home Bargains store in Galashiels.

A former Melrose pharmacy worker has been fined £240 for stealing more than £600 from her then employer.

A driver found to be nearly three times the legal alcohol limit while behind the wheel has been banned from the road for a year at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

A man in charge of three Jack Russells that attacked a flock of sheep has been fined £300 at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

An Albanian man claiming to be a victim of human trafficking has been jailed for 30 months for helping oversee a cannabis farm in Galashiels town centre.

Borders police have confirmed that the 43-year-old man who was reported missing yesterday has been traced safe and well.

Concern is growing for a 43-year-old Galashiels man missing since early this morning (Monday).

A motorist has been banned from road after admitting two counts of dangerous driving and six other offences.