Selkirk Sheriff Court in the Borders A MAN spent his 21st birthday locked up after committing three offences in the Borders. Peter Martin appeared from custody at Selkirk Sheriff Court last Monday and pleaded guilty to assaulting his father in Bongate, Jedburgh, on Sunday, April 18. He also admitted vandalising a motor vehicle and breaching a court bail order in Chirnside during the early hours of the following morning (Monday, April 19). Sentence was deferred until May 10 for background reports. Bail was refused and Martin was remanded in custody.
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Man locked up on 21st birthday after three Borders offences
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image captionThe accident happened on the A72 in the Borders last year
A man has admitted a charge of causing death by careless driving following a crash in the Borders last year.
Keith Atkinson, 68, from Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to the offence which happened on the A72 near Innerleithen on 1 March 2020.
Annie Notman, 82, from Biggar, died as a result of her injuries a day after the four-vehicle crash.
Sentence was deferred at Selkirk Sheriff Court until 18 May for background reports.
Atkinson was made the subject of an interim disqualification from driving until that date.
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