POLICE found stolen property when they searched a man’s room at the James Bank Hostel in Dunfermline. As a result, Richard Martin, 45, now of Ramsey Place, Rosyth, appeared in the dock at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court. He admitted that on October 30, 2019, at James Bank Hostel, Dunfermline, he re-set a Nintendo Wii and three controllers. Defence solicitor Alexander Flett said: “He had a very limited involvement in it. Another man came to his room at the hostel in the early hours of the morning and left a bag there. “Later, police searched his room and found the stolen items. He accepts he knew the items would have been stolen but he played no part in the theft.”
Liam Docherty, 32, committed the offences in Dunfermline just days after being allowed out of prison early. Docherty, whose address was given as the James Bank Hostel, Dunfermline, appeared in the dock at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court. He admitted that on October 28, 2019, at Albany Street, he stole a motor vehicle. He also admitted that on October 30, 2019, at Appin Crescent, he entered a home and stole a set of house keys and car keys. The court was told that Docherty had been released from jail on October 21, 2019, from a sentence which ran until February 20, 2020. Defence solicitor Chris Sneddon said: “He believes he has made significant progress since then. He has had a long-standing drug addiction but is currently drug-free.”
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The trial is taking place at Edinburgh High Court. A MAN who was allegedly murdered in his Dunfermline home “bled to death” after he suffered an injury to his thigh, a court has heard. Professor Charles McCollum told jurors at the High Court in Edinburgh that Christopher Cowie would have died shortly after the wound had been inflicted. At the murder trial the Emeritus Professor of Surgery at Manchester University said that an artery and a vein had been compromised by the injury. He added: “The deceased bled to death.” The medical expert was giving evidence on the third day of proceedings against Jason Mooney, 27, and Lynn Kelly, 35, who are both from Dunfermline.