The Eastern European connection resurfaced in Duns Sheriff court according to the Berwickshire. A Lithuanian man was stopped by the police in July for a defective headlight and then found to have no insurance and illegal tyre treads. According to his solicitor the Lithuanian had missed an earlier court hearing as he had returned to Lithuania to get his licence:” I must have put the fear of God into him” The Solicitor smugly added.The Sheriff felt that God needed a bit of back up and fined him £175 and endorsed his licence with 6 penalty points. A friend from Paxton in the building trade tells Huttonian that anti-foreigner feeling in such places as Chirnside and Duns is high. They are accused of taking local jobs and cheap housing whilst any Brit wanting to go to say Portugal or Lithuania is not allowed to work or enjoy social security. Probably this is ill informed prejudice but sadly it is what is believed that matters.
