A man was caught with a knife hidden inside a designer bag after police stopped the car he was travelling in for a drugs search.
Reece Kerr, 21, was snared with the lock-back blade in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, on September 2, 2025.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard officers pulled over the vehicle after smelling cannabis and saw Kerr with a Louis Vuitton bag in the front passenger seat.
Prosecutor Ramsay Cunningham said Kerr was asked if he had anything he shouldn’t and replied “no” before becoming nervous and agitated.
Officers searched the bag and recovered the knife, which was seized.
Kerr, of Glasgow’s Cranhill, was arrested and later pleaded guilty to having a knife in a public place without reasonable excuse or lawful authority.
The sentence was deferred until next month for background reports by Sheriff Andrew McIntyre, and Kerr’s bail was continued in the meantime.
In another disturbing case, a pervert caused his innocent partner to be arrested after pretending to be her to share secret shower videos.
Stephen Mould, 32, made a hole in a Nivea washbag and placed a recording device inside the bathroom of a property in Glasgow’s Shawlands.
He filmed two unsuspecting women as they showered between 2012 and 2016 and kept the clips for years.
Mould later moved in with his partner, who held a well-paid, respectable job, and posed as her online – using a fake name – to send the sick footage to a fellow paedophile.
The other man was later snared with the videos, leading to Mould’s partner being arrested and detained before police found she had done nothing wrong.
A search of Mould’s family home uncovered electronic devices containing incriminating photos and videos of the women in the shower, who later identified themselves, as well as indecent images of children.
Mould, who is currently serving a sentence in England for voyeurism, appeared in the dock at Glasgow Sheriff Court and pleaded guilty to recording the women without consent and possessing indecent images of children.
The sentence was deferred until next month for background reports by Sheriff Joan Kerr.
Meanwhile, a man who used stolen identities to build a bogus business scam worth £1.4 million now faces a lengthy spell behind bars.
William Campbell, 41, created fake companies to hire sports cars and obtain goods, which he then kept for himself.
The court heard Campbell posed as four different men – including retired solicitor Andrew Biggart and airline pilot David Sweeney – between November 2015 and April 2017.
Campbell, of Glasgow’s Knightswood, was found guilty of a string of fraud charges amounting to £1,415,062.83.
He had initially lodged a special defence blaming Brian Docherty and Declan Kearney, who were jailed in 2025 for their part in the same fraud.
Jurors heard Campbell formed firms including MAZ Joinery, Henry’s Cleaning Angels, Infiniti Contracts, PMK Environmental, and Merrylee Furnishers using stolen details of genuine people.
He secured high-value Audi cars and other vehicles, along with tools, plant equipment, and fuel, all obtained on credit, which was never paid back.
Campbell was eventually snared after police linked fuel cards and a mobile phone – containing messages to “William” and “Billy” and contacts for one of the bogus firms – to him.
Sheriff Owen Mullan told Campbell that custody was “at the forefront” of his mind and warned him to get his affairs in order before he returns for sentence.
In the final case, a man who walked into a hospital carrying a crossbow claims he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time.
Jordan Convery, 30, allegedly behaved in a threatening or abusive manner at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on May 23, 2025.
Court papers state he initially uttered threats to harm himself and neighbours at his home in the city’s Govan area.
It is claimed he taped fireworks together and attempted to throw them from his window to the street below.
The charge further alleges that Convery repeatedly followed his brother, Leon Convery, and mother, Donna McCann, who demanded to know their movements and prevented them from sleeping while in possession of a loaded crossbow.
He is then said to have walked along various streets with the weapon before entering the hospital, approaching others, and demanding police attendance.
Another allegation claims he assaulted his brother by brandishing the crossbow at him and pursuing him with it, and a further charge states he had the weapon in a public place without reasonable excuse or lawful authority.
Convery pleaded not guilty to the three charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
His lawyer, Kyra Steel, lodged a special defence that he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time and told the court he was detained at Leverndale Hospital after the incident, spent eight or nine months at Rowanbank clinic, and was later transferred to Barlinnie prison.
She argued this showed a material change in circumstances and asked for him to be granted bail ahead of a jury trial set for June.
Sheriff Joan Kerr refused the motion, stating there had been no material change since a previous hearing in January, and fixed a pre-trial hearing for May.
