A BALLINGRY couple broke the conditions of their bail when they continued to enter Ballingry Road.

Laura Adam and Paul Carr had been involved in an incident with a family on the street just a few days before.

Adam, 31, and Carr, 41, of Martin Crescent, previously admitted that on March 29, 2018, at Ballingry Road, they did behave in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm in that they did shout, swear and act in an aggressive manner.

Adam, being an accused person and having been granted bail on May 2, 2018 and being subject to the condition that she did not enter or seek to enter Ballingry Road, previously admitted that on May 3 she did fail without reasonable excuse to comply with said condition in respect that she did enter the road.

Also, Carr previously admitted that on April 29, 2017 at Ballingry Road, he did without reasonable excuse or lawful authority, have with him a lock knife. Also, being an accused person and having been granted bail on May 2, 2018, and being subject to the condition that he did not enter or seek to enter Ballingry Road, previously admitted that on May 3 he did fail without reasonable excuse to comply with said condition in respect that he did enter the road.

Dunfermline Sheriff Court was told on Wednesday that the behaviour on March 29 involved a family and there was some ill feeling between the parties.

A witness was with their child when they saw Adam in their garden and they asked what she was doing.

Adam asked to borrow a bucket, but the witness said 'no' and she continued to shout and swear at them.

Carr then involved himself in the confrontation and the family called the police.

The child and their parent were left upset and distressed by the incident.

On May 3 both were seen at separate occasions entering Ballingry Road.

Defence solicitor, James Moncrieff, said Adam had a background of drug problems but there had been no further offending and had now realised that the ban had meant to stay away from the whole of Ballingry Road.

While defence solicitor, Sarah Meehan, said the reason why Carr was in possession of a knife was because he had a leak at his property and had went to a friend’s house to get equipment to repair the problem.

"He had a reasonable excuse to do that but unfortunately got involved in the argument," she said. "The knife was in Mr Carr's pocket".

Adam was placed in a structured deferred sentence until August 1 and Carr was placed on a restriction of liberty order for five months and a supervision order for 12 months, as an alternative to a custodial sentence.