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2 weeks ago | 
original106.co.uk | Gary Fitzpatrick |Alan Richardson
A 73-year-old Fife charity shop volunteer cornered a teenage schoolboy and demanded to know the size of his penis in a sordid sex chat. William Fraser spoke about his own “tiny” penis and interrogated the shocked 14-year-old about his sex life. Fraser, from Lauder Street, Dunfermline, had a previous sexual offence on his record when he was working at the shop. However, a sheriff said there was nothing sinister in Fraser’s actions and put it down to “stupidity”.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Gary Fitzpatrick |Tom Midlane
A baby shower descended into a punch up involving relatives of a famous darts star and in-laws after a series of lighthearted games turned sour. The party, at Lochore Miners' Welfare Social Club in Fife, ended in violence with an expectant husband's mother being punched and his grandmother saying she had her essential feeding tube dislodged, a court heard.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Gary Fitzpatrick |Claudia Trotman
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Gary Fitzpatrick
A baby shower ended in violence with one mother being punched and a grandmother having an essential feeding tube dislodged, a court heard. There was hostility between the relatives of the couple having the baby throughout what should have been a fun family get-together. Tensions started to escalate after a game called ‘Would Mummy Rather’ had one person shout the then expectant mother would open wine rather than put a bottle on for the baby, Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Gary Fitzpatrick
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 month ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Gary Fitzpatrick
There was hostility between the relatives of the couple having the baby throughout what should have been a fun family get-together. A baby shower attended by feuding families ended in violence with a mum being punched and a gran having her essential feeding tube dislodged. There was hostility between the relatives of the couple having the baby throughout what should have been a fun family get-together.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Gary Fitzpatrick
A driver who crashed into a horsebox killing four animals inside and seriously injured his passenger has avoided jail. Justin Bower, 48, was driving a 7.5-tonne Mercedes truck when it hit the back of a broken-down horse transporter, which had been heading to a show in Blair Atholl, Perthshire. Four eventing horses were killed including a nine-year-old stallion named Party Trick, said to be worth more than £1million.
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2 months ago | 
thecourier.co.uk | Gary Fitzpatrick |Alan Richardson
A Fife man blindfolded an eight-year-old girl for a “tasting game” which turned into a sexual assault. James Ross pretended it would be harmless fun with the girl trying to name household items without seeing them. He took her to a bedroom, turned off the lights, put a blindfold on her and played a sick guessing game called “touch it and taste it”. During the game, Ross took out his penis claiming it was a banana.
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2 months ago | 
thecourier.co.uk | Gary Fitzpatrick |Alan Richardson
A “depraved” pervert from Fife, who committed a sexual assault on an 80-year-old woman suffering from dementia, has avoided a jail sentence. James Beveridge, 70, played the part of Good Samaritan by taking the woman back home after she had wandered off in the local area. However, the long-time friend of the family then exploited her vulnerability by sexually assaulting her in her living room. He was unaware the woman’s daughter had recently installed cameras to keep on an eye on her mum.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
thecourier.co.uk | Gary Fitzpatrick |Alan Richardson
A Rosyth dockyard worker stole parts intended for the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier. The theft of metal and valves took place over a period of almost four months and earned Jamie Aird more than £6000 from a scrap dealer. Aird, 29, of Forest Place, Townhill, appeared in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. He admitted that between December 1 2022 and March 20 2023 at Building 317, Babcock International, Rosyth Dockyard, he stole metal and hull valves.
