A bloggee has enquired about Sheriff Kevin of Duns. Is he away? No sir. He is very much around and presiding over his court but seems to have only been involved in rather humdrum cases recently; hence the silence of the rants. Last week, according to the Berwickshire's ace court reporter he had to deal with a man who had caused a disturbance in the Social Services offices and refused to leave. Not surprisingly, he would have found this difficult as it as he was discovered by the police in a 'drunken stupor' Jailed one month. Alcholol also fuelled a row between a father and son over 'speaking loudly on the phone in the parental home in the early hours of the morning' The son struggled violently with his dad. Admonished. £150 fine imposed on a 26 year old for ' placing people in a state of fear by striking doors and windows' in a house in Coldstream. The young man was deeply ashamed having allowed drink to get the better of him following a row with his girl friend. Another man has been charged with extortion linked with threatening behaviour putting someone in a state of fear for 'demanding £450 for work carried out without' his victim's authority. The case will be heard next month.
We are lucky around here to suffer from little crime. Although our local (but visiting) WPC told the Community Council of a number of thefts of agricultural equipment-but as far away as Duns. Nearer to home a local Big Hoose had a large sum of money stolen and a gang of youngsters is reporting to be targeting elderly people making one excuse or another to gain entry into their houses in order to loot and pillage But the village in question is remote enough not to make the local community feel too threatened. Strangers are very obvious here and most of them are intent on visiting the Kirk and adjacent grave yard in the search for relis who originated from around here. The only 'crime' connected with the church in our time was local youngsters getting into the church and horrors(! ) throwing pew cushions at the lights. As a result of this the church was kept locked for the duration of the school holidays.
