Crime

A woman will be sentenced next month for drugs offences.

Background reports have been ordered on a man convicted of three offences including threatening police officers.

A man convicted of being abusive towards a former partner has been ordered to carry out 140 hours’ unpaid work at Jedburgh Sheriff Court as an alternative to custody.

A woman has been banned from the road at Jedburgh Sheriff Court for driving while more than double the legal alcohol limit.

Mystery surrounds the theft of a 6ft-tall mannequin clad in a fluorescent gilet planted in a garden in Selkirk as a warning to speeding motorists to slow down.

A man has been jailed for carrying out a brutal murder attempt by repeatedly stamping on his victim’s head and wounding him with a knife.

Work ground to a halt last week on the building of a new pharmacy in Langlee, Galashiels, after medical syringes were found taped to hoardings, equipment and inside workers’ rest facilities.

A teenager has been banned from the road for five years at Jedburgh Sheriff Court after admitting dangerous driving leading to a passenger in another vehicle being left seriously injured.

A 29-year-old man has appeared from custody at Jedburgh Sheriff Court and admitted attempting to defeat the ends of justice by giving police a false name at the weekend.

A man involved in a domestic bust-up has been fined £80 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

A hotel worker has been fined £800 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court after admitting embezzling £655 from his employer.

A woman involved in a dispute with a neighbour has been fined £225 at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

Background reports have been ordered on a 41-year-old man convicted of assaulting his brother.

A man will be sentenced next month at Selkirk Sheriff Court for causing a disturbance at the Borders General Hospital at Melrose.

A man has been ordered to carry out 150 hours’ unpaid work after admitting assaulting a police officer by spitting on his head.

A 23-year-old man will be sentenced next month at Selkirk Sheriff Court for dealing drugs.

Contacting a former partner via WhatsApp in defiance of a court order has resulted in a £150 fine for a 39-year-old man.

Kelso residents are optimistic anti-social behaviour at the their new £248,000 playpark will soon settle down.

A motorist stopped by police on the A68 lied to them in the hope of not getting caught for an insurance offence, claiming to be his twin brother.