Driver banned after injuring his mother

A Fife man drove over his mother’s leg when she tried to stop him from leaving by holding on to his van steering wheel after a “disagreement”.

Steven Pentland, 37, sped off and dragged his mum for 15 metres and then drove off without stopping.

His mother was taken to hospital with severe bruising and soft tissue damage.

Procurator fiscal depute Rachel Hill told Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court the incident happened outside a property on Kirkcaldy’s Links Street last November.

Pentland, of Lapwing Drive, Dunfermline, pled guilty to reckless driving.

Defence lawyer Lee Qumsieh said Pentland was trying to remove himself from the situation but accepts he should not have continued to drive after his mother grabbed the steering wheel

Sheriff Timothy Nivensmith banned Pentland from driving for a year and told him to carry out 90 hours of unpaid work.