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    Farmer to pay compensation for stone attack

    A FARMER who admitted a stone assault on his nephew as he drove round the fields, has been fined £100.
    John Anderson, 56, was also ordered to pay young scholar James Anderson, compensation of £300 for damage to the teenager whose glasses were damaged. The stone broke the driver's window before hitting him in the side of the face.
    Wick Sheriff Court heard that there was a history of ill feeling between the accused and his nephew's side of the family, over ownership of some of the farms they run, which is now the subject of litigation. Anderson, who denied culpable and reckless conduct, shares three of the five farms with his brother James.
    It was stated that the stone incident occurred, while 16-year-old James Anderson and a friend, Ryan Dunnett, 18, were riding around Anderson's Broynach Farm, at Murkle, on their vehicles, on October 10, last. They had decided to go out on their Ka and Dihatsu jeep after becoming bored with television. When they turned at a dead end, they were confronted by the accused who lifted a flat stone and threw it at James Anderson's vehicle.
    The pupil told the court he had shards of glass "all over my face" and the right lens of his glasses knocked out, leaving him "shocked and frightened". An ambulance took him to Dunbar Hospital, Thurso for treatment. James Anderson told the court that while he was related to John Anderson, there was no relationship.
    The accused Anderson denied the assault and claimed he had been working all day on a building adjacent to one that had caught fire. Giving evidence, he described the stone allegation as "a good story but it never took place".
    Finding Anderson guilty, Sheriff Andrew Berry commented on the background to "the long drawn out history" between the two family involving "a lot of unsavoury allegations" and said: " It is in the process of being resolved through the courts and I don't intend to to into that".
    The sheriff said that the situation of two families, trying to work the land must be close to impossible and added: "The sooner matters are resolved, the better for everyone."
    He said that Anderson was a first offender and there was nothing to suggest he was "a bad person" The sheriff said that he could appreciate that the accused might have found "infuriating", two youngsters riding round and round "with perhaps nothing better to do".

    Taking other people's medication potentially dangerous - fiscal

    A FISCAL has highlighted the danger of one person taking medication prescribed for someone else.
    He made the point after Wick man Connor Taylor admitted stealing medication while he was staying overnight at a friend's house in the town on November 20, last year.
    The theft was discovered the following morning and suspicion fell on Taylor, 17, who came clean to police officers and simply declared: "I took them because they were there."
    David Barclay,prosecuting, told Sheriff Andrew Berry at Wick: "A major concern is the potential effect by someone randomly taking someone's else's medication."
    Sentence was deferred on Taylor, of 25 Cairndhuna Terrace, Wick, until March 5, for a background report.

    E-mail breach accused is on the cusp of prison term

    THE sheriff has called for a report on a Reay man who breached non-harrassment order imposed in July 2013.
    Michael Grierson, 53, pleaded guilty to sending an e-mail to Debbie Bain. It read: "You are stuck in that shop working like a dog on your own."
    Grierson had no recollection of sending the message but was said to forget when he drinks to excess.
    Sheriff Berry warned Grierson, of Barackside, Reay that he was "within a whisker" of being remanded in custody as the original offence had attracted a community service order with a condition the accused had failed to comply with.
    The sheriff added: "Prison is now a very real possibility."
    Grierson will reappear for sentence on March 5.
    Last edited by Nwicker60; 09-Feb-15 at 09:17.

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