Ayr Sheriff Court featured in a round-up of serious cases covered by Ayrshire Weekly Press titles this week, including the imprisonment of a fisherman who shouted racist abuse at a mosque and several cases involving violence and sexual offences.
Kevin Goudie, described as a “stop the boats”-supporting fisherman with dozens of previous convictions, was jailed for two years after being convicted of racist abuse. The court heard that he shouted “f*****g joke man” before being led downstairs at Ayr Sheriff Court to begin his sentence.
Cases heard at Ayr Sheriff Court
The round-up also reported the case of Troon man Nicholas Krasewitz, who appeared for sentencing after being found with 882 indecent images of children on his computer. The material included 38 moving images and 94 in the most serious category.
Krasewitz admitted possessing the images but returned to court after claiming he had not intended to download them. The source headline reported that he avoided a prison sentence.
Dean Smart, from Girvan, was jailed following an assault outside a pub. The victim was bitten, pulled to the ground and kicked in the head, with the attack leaving him unconscious and causing severe injury. Smart admitted knocking the man unconscious when he appeared at Ayr Sheriff Court for a pre-trial first diet hearing.
High Court case included in weekly review
The weekly review also covered cases from the High Court in Glasgow. Michael Fisher was convicted after repeatedly striking his friend Gordon McGregor with a razor blade and a screwdriver at McGregor’s home on Greenhead Avenue in Stevenston.
The attack took place on October 28 last year. Fisher later bragged that he had “carved him up like a turkey”, according to the report.
A separate case involved William Murdoch, described as a Saltcoats sex predator. He was jailed for seven years after raping a vulnerable 19-year-old woman whom he discovered alone in the street.
The court heard that Murdoch began speaking to the woman after they had separately been in a bar near his then home in the Three Towns.
The cases were presented as part of Ayrshire Weekly Press’s regular review of people appearing in the dock. The report directs readers to separate coverage for the detailed proceedings in each case.
