The Sheriff rides againI have not mentioned the doings of Sheriff Kevin of Duns for some time as his cases seem to have lost that unusual and exotic touch of previous years. Globalisation is leaving its dreary mark on the
Merse crime scene. Still the language of the legal system has a certain ring: an accused
Birgham man pleaded guilty to 'using lewd, indecent and
libidinous practices' -sounds like fun put that way, but in the circumstances was just nasty. (page 5 of the
Berwickshire-if you must) I much preferred the
Eyemouth woman's reaction to her husband being taken away by the
rozzers. She made her way to the police station, took a pot plant from an 'adjacent' garden and throw it through the window of a police car parked nearby. She claimed she could not get an answer from the cop shop and decided on some direct action. Fined £115 for damage done and sentence deferred 'to allow for good behaviour' The police car was off the road for 36 hours apparently.
All in all, a novel way of
Saying it with flowers
There is also a report of incident of a man running amok in an ambulance on its way to the
BGH -kicking out the back window when he was offered a 'medical bottle' for an urgent wee when all he wanted was to get out for one in
Greenlaw en route. No bleeding nose mentioned. So it wasn't me.
Honest.
