A SCAFFOLDER from Newcastle has been fined £600 after shouting, swearing and gesticulating aggressively towards police officers in Lerwick. Frankie Ions, 26, of Lemington, admitted at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner on the.
A MAN from Glasgow who drove in the North Mainland of Shetland with almost four times the legal limit of alcohol in his system escaped a jail term when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court for sentencing. Paul Charles Hughes, of Scaraway Drive, also drove without a full licence,.
THE IMPORTANCE of drivers having valid insurance before taking to the road was spelled out at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Thursday after a man was fined and disqualified. Liam Johnson, of Ollaberry, admitted driving with no licence or insurance on the A970 at Tingwall on 15 June.
A TWENTY six year old woman from Lerwick is the first in Shetland to be ordered to contribute towards a new restitution fund in aid of police officers who have been assaulted while carrying out their duties.
Claire Antonio, of Burgh Road, previously pleaded guilty to a total of four offences including threatening behaviour and assaulting police officers at various locations in Lerwick on 25 March.
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Antonio also admitted behaving in a threatening manner at the Gilbert Bain Hospital on 26 March, including claiming to be infected with Covid-19.
At Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday Sheriff Ian Cruickshank put Antonio under supervision for 15 months and issued a restitution order of £250 for each of the two assaults.