Motorhome delivery man jailed

A Dunfermline man’s first time delivering motorhomes went disastrously and ended in a jail sentence.

Richard Grant had just started his new job delivering the vehicles but things went wrong when he ran out of fuel.

Grant decided to have a sleep in the vehicle and police were called when the motorhome was left blocking access to a poultry farm.

Richard Grant, 30, of Elgin Street, Dunfermline, admitted that on August 17 at Greenknowes Poultry Farm, Kelty, he resisted a police constable and struggled with him whereby he was struck on the head and body to his injury.

Depute fiscal Jade Doig told Dunfermline Sheriff Court: “An officer was allowed into the vehicle and found that Grant was lying sleeping.

“The constable shook the accused while he was lying on his side and told him he was a police officer. He wasn’t very happy about this. He sat up and there was some discussion with the accused expressing his displeasure.

“The officer went to arrest the accused and there was a struggle between the two. The accused was swinging his arm about and the officer was struck in the face.

Jailing Grant for three months, Sheriff Charles MacNair said: “The police officer was quite clearly trying to do his job because of where you had put your vehicle. If you had cooperated it would have been resolved quickly.”