The Latest Breaking News from Elizabeth Hodgson

Family funeral rammy as grieving grandson bites mum on head before smashing car with garden hedgehog

Kaine Baxter, 25, grabbed his mother's windpipe during the attack which came in the wake of the funeral for his grandfather earlier in the day.

Daily Record · Jan 13, 2023

Road ban man busted driving wife's car in Perth

Perth Sheriff Court heard construction worker Jonathon Alexander Boyes was previously disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence on November 13, 2109 for a period of three years

Daily Record · Jan 6, 2023

One-time prisoner at HMP Perth assaulted guard during disturbance

Calum Smith struggled with the guard after he was alerted early one morning, Perth Sheriff Court heard

Daily Record · Oct 6, 2022

Teenager thrown out of Perth nightclub threatened police with violence

Rogan Scott Telford (19) told constables he would lay into them after he was ejected from The Loft in the early hours of a morning in December last year

Daily Record · Jun 15, 2022

Curfew for man who cursed in Perthshire play park and headbutted girlfriend

Perth Sheriff Court heard Duncan McPhee (35) turned up at Balmanno Play Park in Bridge of Earn one afternoon then started shouting and swearing at his girlfriend and demanding she give him money

Daily Record · May 27, 2022

Chef put under supervision for threatening Perthshire hotel boss

David McCutcheon threatened to “deck” the boss of Achray House Hotel in St Fillans and was later spotted wielding a meat cleaver

Daily Record · May 23, 2022

Glasgow man jailed for causing trouble at Perth Royal Infirmary

James Boyd (59) pled guilty to a single charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by repeatedly shouting, swearing and adopting an aggressive demeanour towards police at the Taymount Terrace hospital

Daily Record · May 20, 2022

Perth man must do unpaid work for barging into former partner's home

Colin Swan (44) pushed his way inside the house, took his ex-partner's mobile phone from her during a row then trashed a number of household items on his way out again

Daily Record · May 13, 2022

Sheriff jails man for causing trouble at Perth Royal Infirmary

Robert Garrick (42) sought help from staff at the hospital’s accident and emergency department after being assaulted last year but ended up lashing out at them after he was asked to stop swearing

Daily Record · Apr 19, 2022

Pensioner that had no memory of commotion he caused at Perth hospital car park is fined

A solicitor acting for David McBrain Livingston (73) told Perth Sheriff Court last week he cannot recall what caused him to lash out at two strangers at Perth Royal Infirmary in May last year

Daily Record · Apr 19, 2022