Glenrothes man with knuckle duster stole electrical equipment

Bryan Horne, of Glenwood Centre, appeared before Sheriff Jamie Gilchrist at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

Horne, 36, admitted on April 10, 2020 at Jack’s Auto Car Care in Fullerton Road, Glenrothes he stole a quantity of electrical equipment. He further admitted on April 11, 2020 at South Parks Road, Glenrothes he had an offensive weapon with him, namely a knuckle duster, without lawful authority.

The Procurator Fiscal Depute told the court: “A witness arrived at the scene that morning and it appeared that someone had interfered with a skip at the premises. CCTV showed at 1.32am the accused reaching into the skip and removing a DVD player and a VHS player and putting them both into a shopping trolley and leaving.

The following morning the owner of the premises noticed the skip had been disturbed.

"The following day a police officer identified the accused – it was the same officer who had viewed the CCTV evidence – and he identified the accused as the person responsible. He requested the assistance of other officers and they stopped a car the accused was driving and he was found with a knuckle duster in his possession.”

Horne’s defence lawyer said his client was no stranger to courts: “He has had a drug problem throughout his adult life but over the past year he has been relatively clean.”

Sheriff Gilchrist placed him on a restriction of liberty order for five months from 7.00pm to 7.00am and ordered forfeiture of the knuckle duster.

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