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A crooked bank manager who plundered £18,000 from the account of a vulnerable pensioner is facing jail.

A Hamilton bank manager helped herself to £18,000 from a vulnerable customer's account.

A thug was convicted of a knife and hammer attack after a reluctant witness changed her story.

iOS - Android The incident happened in Lindsay Drive, Motherwell, around 10am on June 4, 2019.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said the plain clothes officers were waiting for Altoky when he drove into the street and parked outside a woman’s house.The woman was in the driveway at the time and the officers moved their car to block Altoky’s Volkswagen Golf.They approached the Golf with warrant cards, but as soon as they said "Police", Altoky reversed at speed.Mr Thomson told the court: “The officers had to leap out of the way and, indeed, one pulled the woman he had been talking to clear as well.“The Golf collided with the police vehicle and the accused accelerated over the garden and on to the road where he crashed into a stationary car occupied

iOS - Android He admitted wilfully setting fire to the first floor flat in Glasgow Road to the potential danger of neighbours on February 22.Law also admitted trying to spit on a police officer at the scene.He was the subject of two bail orders at the time.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said firefighters were alerted around 7pm.On arrival, they were met by Law who admitted starting the fire and said he was "trying to keep Satan at bay".He had set fire to a plastic plant pot and a plastic bin in a cupboard under the stairs.

iOS - Android Craik, described as a prisoner at HMP Addiewell, also admitted possession of a small amount of heroin.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said he was seen staggering about the street.Police officers searched him and recovered the weapon.Craik was jailed for two years at the same court in June last year after he admitted stabbing a man in East Kilbride's Murray Bar.The court heard then that trouble flared after staff refused to serve him and a pal.Craik's friend punched another man and a fight broke out.CCTV showed Craik walking out of the pub, putting up his hood and pulling out a knife.He walked back into the foyer where the disturbance was ongoing and stabbed a man twice on the side of the head.The victim suffered a cut that required

link!The 35-year-old, of Silverburn Crescent, admitted assaulting his cousin to her severe injury outside her home in Keir Hardie Avenue, Holytown, in October 2018.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said the incident happened in the early hours of the morning.He told the court that the woman and her partner had been visiting another house in Holytown, adding: “They made their way home and became aware of the accused standing at a neighbour’s door.“A scuffle appears to have taken place and Aiton punched his cousin twice on the face, causing her to fall to the ground.“He then left the scene and got into a nearby car.”The victim was taken to University Hospital Wishaw where a fracture to her skull was diagnosed.She also needed stitches in a small head

iOS - Android Connal also admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner, kicking his victim in the early hours of January 1 and acting in a racially-aggravated manner towards him and another.The court heard the couple, who are of African origin, were in their flat with others when Connal banged on their door around 9pm.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said: "The man answered the door and found Connal who appeared unsteady on his feet and was smelling strongly of alcohol."Connal pointed his finger and shouted 'here you, I'm going to kill you, just wait, I'll shoot you'."He picked up a plank of wood, brandished it and hit his victim, causing a small cut to his forehead."Around 2.30am Connal again went to his neighbour's door.

link!A charge that he caused the woman to be "stupified" by slipping street valium into her drink before molesting her was found not proven.The woman, who was in her early 30s at the time of the assault, told prosecutor Neil Thomson that she'd "had three or four vodkas, then blank".She had been sitting on a chair but woke up on a couch and felt Gierthy touching her private parts.The woman said her underwear had been pulled down and Gierthy appeared to be pulling up his jogging bottoms.She asked him angrily what he was doing and he replied 'It's not what it looks like'.The woman told the jury Gierthy put his hands in a praying position and pleaded 'Please don't tell your mum.

Apple - Android He admitted assaulting the woman while she was asleep on August 18, 2018.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said Burnett had made inappropriate comments to the woman earlier in the evening.She was worried about what might happen, so when she went to bed she kept her clothes on and barricaded the bedroom door.Burnett burst into the room in the early hours of the morning, jumped on top of her and began to take off her clothes before sexually assaulting her.The woman woke up and a struggle ensued. She punched him and called him a beast.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A dad of two has been jailed for a year after spitting inside a police vehicle and telling officers he’d had Covid-19.Darren Smith also threatened to “do in” one of the officers when he was released.Smith, 39, a prisoner, was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.He admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in Morven Street, Blantyre, on August 16 while already on bail for another matter.The court heard window fitter Smith hurled racist and homophobic abuse at officers who had questioned him about his car insurance and MOT.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said: “He became irate and aggressive, and was put in handcuffs and placed in the

East Kilbride home has been jailed for six months.

East Kilbride street in the early hours of the morning. John Veitch, who had “no good reason” for carrying the blade, aroused suspicion when he turned away as the officers walked towards him.Veitch, 31, of Muirhouse Lane, East Kilbride, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted illegal possession of a knife in Brouster Hill on July 8.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said the officers were on patrol at 3.50am when they saw Veitch walking towards them.Mr Thomson told the court: “He was carrying a holdall.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A knife-wielding thug who tried to rob a Motherwell shop has been jailed for 27 months.Despite being wounded, an employee refused Reece Hamilton’s demands to open the till.Hamilton eventually gave up the struggle and ran off empty-handed.He was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.The raid happened at a Spar in Merry Street on March 12.Hamilton, 26, who lives in the same street, admitted assault with intent to rob and possession of a blade.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said the employee was behind the counter when the accused arrived about 9.45am.He was holding a knife and kept demanding that the man get “all the money out”.Mr Thomson told

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A brave shop assistant fought off a knife-wielding thug who tried to rob him.Reece Hamilton eventually gave up the struggle and ran off empty-handed, Hamilton Sheriff Court was told.The raid happened at a Spar in Merry Street, Motherwell, on March 12.Hamilton, 26, who lives in the same street, admitted assault with intent to rob and possession of a blade.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said the employee was behind the counter when the accused arrived about 9.45am.He was holding a knife and kept demanding that he get “all the money out”.Mr Thomson told the court: “The employee feared for his safety and grabbed the accused in an effort to free the knife from his grip.“A

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Masked thugs looking for money used a wheelie bin as they tried to batter through a carwash owner’s front door in the early hours.The trio also smashed a glass panel with a For Sale sign and an ornamental dog, but brave Scott Linden wouldn’t let them in.One of the gang, Dean McLees, 26, was jailed for 22 months at Hamilton Sheriff Court.He admitted attempted robbery at the house in Dee Path, Holytown, on November 14.Neil Thomson, prosecuting, said Linden was wakened at 2.20am by a loud bang and the sound of breaking glass.Thomson told the court: “Linden went downstairs and noticed glass all over the hallway.“An ornamental dog from the garden appeared to have been

Cocaine worth £5000 was seized when police officers raided a man’s home in East Kilbride.

A prisoner who absconded from a work placement at Hamilton Accies was found perched at the top of a 40-foot tree.

Strathaven-based beast has admitted to two further historical charges between 2007 and 2010.