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A WOMAN has admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards a fellow trial witness at Lerwick Sheriff Court earlier this year. Charlotte Close, of Lerwick’s Clairmont Place, pleaded guilty to adopting an aggressive demeanour, shouting and uttering threats towards...
A drug driving trial collapsed after the fiscal failed to ask a witness to identify the accused in court.
ALLOWING alcohol to be drunk in a Christmas Eve “lock-in” at a Lerwick restaurant/bar a couple of years ago has cost one of its employees £245. Shanna Chapman, of the town’s Gilbertson Road, appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Thursday to plead guilty to allowing the...
LERWICK’s sheriff says the court has become “frustrated beyond belief” by travel disruption in recent months. Sheriff Ian Cruickshank made the comment on Thursday after a defence agent was unable to attend a trial in person because his Loganair flight from Aberdeen to...
A TWENTY six year old man avoided a prison sentence when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court this morning (Wednesday). Callen Laurenson, of St Olaf Street, Lerwick, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault at a court hearing in January. On Wednesday, the court heard how Laurenson...