The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Footballer accused of crashing into Fife museum.
Former Arbroath player denies driving while unfit through drink or drugs
Footballer David Banjo has appeared in court accused of crashing into a museum then driving off.
Banjo was later in hospital after the incident, which damaged the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum in Dunfermline at the weekend.
The Elgin City player also faces charges of driving while unfit through drink or drugs and failing to provide a blood sample.
Banjo, 27, appeared from custody at Dunfermline Sheriff Court facing three charges.
It is alleged that on Sunday at the Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Moodie Street, Dunfermline, being the driver of a car which collided with the building and damaged it, he failed to stop and provide his details.
He is also accused of driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
It is further alleged that at the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, he failed to provide a specimen of blood required to ascertain his ability to drive and the proportion of alcohol in his blood.
Banjo, of Tirran Drive, Dunfermline, denies all the charges.
He was granted bail and trial was set for September 13 with an intermediate diet on August 30.
A Crown petition for the seizure of the vehicle on the charges was granted by Sheriff Alison McKay.
Banjo played for Elgin in their 4-0 home defeat to Dundee United on Saturday in the Betfred Cup.
He started his career at Arbroath, playing nearly 70 times and scoring three goals between 2012 and 2015.
The defender sealed a move to neighbouring Angus side Montrose in January of that year.
He stayed only six months, scoring three times in nine appearances before moving on to Berwick Rangers.
He dropped out of the senior game for a spell with Selkirk in January 2017, and signed for Elgin last month.