Bo'ness offender hurled 'abusive and frightening' language at a child

Karen Mason (50) appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Thursday having pleaded guilty to a number of threatening behaviour offences including uttering abusive comments towards a child in South Street and Market Street, Bo’ness, on February 26 last year.
By Court Reporter
Published 22nd Apr 2022, 11:44 BST
Updated 22nd Apr 2022, 17:33 BST
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She also admitted engaging in a course of conduct which caused fear and alarm – repeatedly uttering homophobic and anti–Semitic remarks – for a man in Links Road, Bo’ness, between February 1, 2019 and August 23, 2019.

She pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening manner – telling someone she knew where they lived – in Register Street, Bo’ness on March 6, 2019.

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Mason appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last ThursdayMason appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday
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Representing herself in the dock, Mason heard she was making “good progress” with her existing community payback order.

Sheriff Craig Harris told Mason, 31A South Street, Bo’ness to make an effort to find a lawyer to speak on her behalf in time for her next court appearance and deferred sentence until August 25.

“Keep up the good progress,” added Sheriff Harris.