Teen caught with knives in the street

A teenager caught with two knives in Coupar Angus has been ordered to appear personally at Perth Sheriff Court for sentence on August 2.

Nineteen-year-old Stewart Ramsay, previously of Strathmore Avenue, Coupar Angus, admitted having the blades in the town’s George Street and Strathmore Avenue on November 3, 2015.

Now of Main Street, Bridgend, Perth, Ramsay had a not guilty plea accepted to a second charge of holding one of the weapons to his throat and threatening to commit suicide.

He also admitted a second charge of assaulting his mother, Cheryl, at his former home on June 22 last year by lunging towards her and striking her on the head, causing her to fall to the ground, to her injury.

Ramsay was previously given a spell on the Right Track scheme, designed to help wayward teens, but failed to turn up for a review of his progress at his latest court hearing.