Crime

A woman has been admonished for shouting and swearing at a former partner in a Galashiels supermarket’s car park.

A man found with £1,500 worth of cannabis has been fined £230 at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

A 25-year-old woman will be sentenced next month at Jedburgh Sheriff Court for two offences.

A pensioner has admitted stalking a retirement housing association employee over a three-year period.

A former Borders police sergeant convicted of rape and sexual assault is expected to be freed this week after serving of half his nine-year sentence.

A university student has been banned from the road for 40 months after admitting driving while almost four and a half times the legal alcohol limit.

Police in the Borders are warning residents not to engage with cold callers, after homes in Selkirk and Galashiels were targeted by suspected bogus workmen.

Background reports have been ordered on a 37-year-old man after he admitted struggling violently with four police officers and assaulting a female constable.

A motorist has been fined £1,800 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court for causing a crash on the A7 Edinburgh-Carlisle road near Hawick, leaving another driver injured.

A landlord has been ordered to behave himself for the next nine months after getting involved in a struggle with a tenant over unpaid rent.

Killer Nicholas Rogers has had an appeal against his conviction for murdering Peebles postwoman Alex Stuart rejected.

A man struck a pedestrian as he reversed his vehicle ready to drive off in a bid to avoid a confrontation with his daughter, Jedburgh Sheriff Court has been told.

Background reports have been ordered on a 43-year-old man after he admitted assaulting two former partners at houses in Selkirk almost 15 years ago.

A man found in the company of a three-year-old child at a house in Galashiels, breaching the terms of a sexual offences prevention order, has been jailed for 125 days.

Borders businesses are being warned of counterfeit bank notes doing the rounds in the region.

A man has admitted being involved in the supply of a class-A drug.

Police in the Borders are claiming that an reported attempted dognapping incident in Selkirk was not what it seemed.

A 32-year-old man will be sentenced later this month on four complaints including assault.