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Jedburgh Sheriff Court. Photo: Google Maps A BORDERS man banned from being in contact with a woman was found hiding in a bedroom wardrobe when police officers visited her home, Jedburgh Sheriff Court has been told. David Meek, 29, of Church Street, Eyemouth, pleaded guilty to breaching a non-harassment order which was imposed at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday, October 19. Depute fiscal Miriam Clark said police officers visited the home of the woman at around 7.55pm in an unrelated matter. Ms Clark said: "[The woman] answered the door and police engaged with her. "They had to arrest...

An Eyemouth man admitted assaulting a police officer outside a pub. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire AN RAF junior recruit who admitted assaulting a police officer following a major disturbance outside a Borders pub has been ordered to pay a total of £640. Matt Patterson, 20, who gave an address in Eyemouth, pleaded guilty at Jedburgh Sheriff Court to charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and police assault. But a not guilty plea to being in possession of a class A drug was accepted by the Crown. Miriam Clark, prosecuting, said around 25 patrons were in various degrees of int...

Stock image of a sheriff court building WHEN police officers visited a woman's house in Galashiels while enforcing a warrant, they discovered a 33-year-old man in the premises. But Andrew Atkinson was already the subject of a non-harassment order not to contact the woman and was subsequently arrested. Depute fiscal Ross Price told Selkirk Sheriff Court the police had visited the house in connection with an unrelated matter at around 5.20pm on December 21. They discovered Atkinson and also his partner who he was banned from contacting. The court heard that the partner had asked for t...

Two men have been fined in Jedburgh Sheriff Court for fighting in the street BORDERS men have been fined for fighting in the street. Nineteen-year-old Adam Redpath and Philip McMillan, who is 23, pleaded guilty to a charge of breach of the peace at Jedburgh Sheriff Court after an incident on Hawick's High Street at 4.30pm last September. Procurator fiscal Fraser Matheson said a fight broke out between the pair which was witnessed by staff at a hairdressers. McMillan was heard to say towards Redpath that he was going to get slashed and his house burned down. McMillan suffered a one-c...

"The argument spilled outside and he kept saying he wanted to see the messages." Mr Matheson said the argument continued back in the house with Millen appearing in a room carrying a knife which had his own blood on it. At this point his partner phoned 999 and she tried to leave but as she tried to get into a vehicle Millen tried to prevent her from getting in. When police attended shortly thereafter they found Millen in possession of cannabis which was valued at £295. Millen also pleaded guilty to a charge of stalking involving a previous partner. The court heard he had been in a...