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21-Dec-11, 17:25
Girl was attempting to hide when police called-court told
POLICE seeking a missing teenager, called at a house in a Caithness village.
The door was answered by a man who said he had not seen her...but he was lying, Wick Sheriff Court heard today.
The 19-year-old man admitted having knowingly harboured, or concealed the 14-year old who had absconded from a children’s home. It was stated that the girl was allowed out on Tuesday to attend a dance.
The police were informed after she didn’t turn up. Officers called on the accused who was known to have been seen with the teenager. (neither can be named for legal reasons)
Senior fiscal depute, David Barclay said that the police arrived at the accused’s home about 10.30pm.
He continued: “The accused insisted that the only people in his house were two males and that the girl was not present. He was noted to be evasive but one of the officers noticed a girl. The second officer also caught a glimpse of her and realised she was the person they were looking for.”
She was returned to the home.
Mr Barclay added that the girl had been attempting to keep herself hidden from the police and was not co-operative.
Solicitor Jo MacDonald told the court that the girl had arrived at the house with a friend, only half-an-hour before the police arrived.
The solicitor made the point that the accused had not known that she had been reported missing and went on: “When the police arrived at the door, the girl told the accused that she didn’t wish to go with them and asked him to say she wasn’t there. I don’t think that he appreciated the serious nature of what he was doing, obstructing the police from being in a position to arrest the girl.”
Ms Macdonald added that had the accused known that people were looking for the girl, he might have made “a more reasoned decision”.
The accused is currently complying with a community payback order, imposed previously on a separate offence and is receiving alcohol counselling. The latest offence was an “unusual “one for the accused and one in which he had been “stupid rather than malicious”.
Sheriff Andrew Berry remanded the accused in custody pending a report from a social worker tomorrow, and information about college and Venture Trust courses he had started.
Remanded after breach allegation
A THURSO man has been accused of breaching a community payback order...only days after it was imposed.
Martin Budge, of Dunnet Road, was ordered to carry out the work over two years after he admitted charges, on Monday, of taking and driving away a bus from a depot in Thurso and having no licence or insurance. The offences occurred on November 20. Budge was also banned from driving for two years.
His solicitor, Jo MacDonald asked for a continuation until tomorrow which was granted by Sheriff Berry who remanded the 17-year-old in custody meantime.
POLICE seeking a missing teenager, called at a house in a Caithness village.
The door was answered by a man who said he had not seen her...but he was lying, Wick Sheriff Court heard today.
The 19-year-old man admitted having knowingly harboured, or concealed the 14-year old who had absconded from a children’s home. It was stated that the girl was allowed out on Tuesday to attend a dance.
The police were informed after she didn’t turn up. Officers called on the accused who was known to have been seen with the teenager. (neither can be named for legal reasons)
Senior fiscal depute, David Barclay said that the police arrived at the accused’s home about 10.30pm.
He continued: “The accused insisted that the only people in his house were two males and that the girl was not present. He was noted to be evasive but one of the officers noticed a girl. The second officer also caught a glimpse of her and realised she was the person they were looking for.”
She was returned to the home.
Mr Barclay added that the girl had been attempting to keep herself hidden from the police and was not co-operative.
Solicitor Jo MacDonald told the court that the girl had arrived at the house with a friend, only half-an-hour before the police arrived.
The solicitor made the point that the accused had not known that she had been reported missing and went on: “When the police arrived at the door, the girl told the accused that she didn’t wish to go with them and asked him to say she wasn’t there. I don’t think that he appreciated the serious nature of what he was doing, obstructing the police from being in a position to arrest the girl.”
Ms Macdonald added that had the accused known that people were looking for the girl, he might have made “a more reasoned decision”.
The accused is currently complying with a community payback order, imposed previously on a separate offence and is receiving alcohol counselling. The latest offence was an “unusual “one for the accused and one in which he had been “stupid rather than malicious”.
Sheriff Andrew Berry remanded the accused in custody pending a report from a social worker tomorrow, and information about college and Venture Trust courses he had started.
Remanded after breach allegation
A THURSO man has been accused of breaching a community payback order...only days after it was imposed.
Martin Budge, of Dunnet Road, was ordered to carry out the work over two years after he admitted charges, on Monday, of taking and driving away a bus from a depot in Thurso and having no licence or insurance. The offences occurred on November 20. Budge was also banned from driving for two years.
His solicitor, Jo MacDonald asked for a continuation until tomorrow which was granted by Sheriff Berry who remanded the 17-year-old in custody meantime.