Crime

A man has been sentenced for domestic abuse in Fife.

A Fife man, who carried out a vicious hammer attack fracturing the victim’s skull, has been given a community-based sentence.

A housebreaker, who entered a woman’s Kirkcaldy home by smashing the living room window and climbing inside, has avoided a jail term.

A Markinch hotel was partly closed this morning (Wednesday) after a body was found.

A Glenrothes woman who admitted being concerned in the supply of drugs has been ordered to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work.

A man who threatened to threaten to bomb a petrol station in Kirkcaldy while dressed in dark clothing and wearing a gas mask is set to be sentenced next month.

A 36-year-old man who admitted shooting and seriously injuring a woman in a busy Kirkcaldy street in broad daylight has been jailed for 40 months.

A man has been detained after disturbance which lasted the whole morning in Fife.

A heavy police presence on a Fife street is due to an ongoing incident, police say.

A man has appeared in court following an weekend incident in Kirkcaldy.

Two men are due to appear in court on Monday following a weekend disturbance in Kirkcaldy.

A man has been charged after the discovery of a woman’s body in a Fife village.

A Burntisland woman who admitted colliding with another car on Kirkcaldy’s Esplanade while she was more than four times over the drink-drive limit has been banned from driving for four and a half years.

A project aimed at tackling antisocial behaviour in the Levenmouth area has come to an end.

A callous drink-drive killer, who left a young man to die from his horrific injuries at the side of the road, has been caught again behind the wheel when almost four times over the limit.

A public inquiry is to be launched into the death of Sheku Bayoh in police custody.

A MARTIAL arts gym boss who directed streams of sexual remarks at teenagers was branded a bully by a sheriff today/yesterday [TUES] and ordered to undergo social work supervision to “adjust his attitude” to young people.

Police in Fife have arrested and charged a man in connection with alleged fraud offences following an investigation into a funeral directors.

The family of a Kirkcaldy man who died in police custody have been told that no police officers will be prosecuted in relation to the incident.