Falkirk offender claimed she caught COVID-19 before court appearance
A teenager who threatened to stab her partner on Christmas Day told her solicitor she could not make it to court due to contracting the coronavirus.
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Olivia Sinclair (19) had already admitted behaving in a threatening manner at her 22 Sinclair Place, Falkirk home on December 25 last year, telling her partner she would stab him and then actually striking a door with the weapon.
Sheriff Derek Livingston noted a previous missed appointment by Sinclair, but gave her the benefit of the doubt, deferring sentence until March 18.