Court Reporter

A LORRY driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into the garden wall of a house near the Leadburn junction in the Borders, a court has been told.

A 62-YEAR-OLD Selkirk woman who grabbed a young girl by the throat after she had skipped a shop queue has been fined £550 at the town’s sheriff court.

A BORDERS man who was abusive to his partner has been ordered to carry out 225 hours of unpaid work as an alternative to custody.

A PENSIONER has been fined after turning up to work as a first aider at a sporting event featuring youngsters despite being on the sex offenders register.

A BORDERS man has been found guilty by a jury of two offences relating to indecent images of children over a five-year period.

A HAWICK man has been banned from the road for three years after admitting drinking and driving.

A GALASHIELS man has had his name placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years after being convicted of three counts intentionally sending sexual communications to other people without their consent.

A KELSO woman who assaulted her former partner has been ordered to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

A HAWICK man who was abusive to his partner has been ordered to attend the Caledonian Men’s Programme for the next two years in an effort to curb his domestic offending.

A HAWICK woman found in possession of a “significant amount of cocaine” has been ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.