A STRANRAER youth has admitted removing roof slates and a heating flue from a building in the town.
Mark Hughes plead guilty when he appeared in court on Monday and sentence was deferred for reports.
Hughes (20) of Belmont Crescent climbed onto the roof of the Millennium Centre on September 8th but denied a second charge of throwing the items onto the roadway below him.
He will be sentenced on April 8th.

A TWENTY-THREE year old man has admitted committing a racist breach fo the peace on a Stranraer street.
Kenneth Davidson, of Glenyerock Farm, Palnackie plead guilty on Monday to the offence and to shouting, swearing and conducting himself in a didisorderly manner whilst uttering racist remarks at residents at Moorfield on november 26th.
Davidson is currently serving a three-month sentence for a separate matter and Sheriff Tom Millar called for reports before sentencing on April 8th.

REPORTS have been called for on a woman who admitted being in possession of heroin this week.
Gillian McColm (36) of Ashwood Drive, Stranraer was found with the illegal drug at her address on July 12th last year and lawyer Ian Milligan said there has been a "continuing problem over a period of time" with drugs.
Sheriff Millar deferred sentence for reports until April 8th.

A LORRY driver whose trailer tipped over, pulling him off the road at Halfway House near Kirkcowan was told he fell foul of a poor stretch of road this week.
Jason Creighton (34) from Blackpool was hauling timber on the A75 last August when he lost control and the trailer pulled the cab off the road.
In sentencing on Monday, Sheriff Tom Millar told Creighton: "This is a difficult road and this perhaps wouldn't have happened elsewhere."
Lawyer Ian Milligan said that speed had not been a factor in the incident as tachograph charts showed Creighton had only been travelling at 26mph.
He added: "Mr Creighton is at a loss to explain why it happened. Perhaps the load shifted on the trailer or the pete softened on the verge."
Creighton was fined £250 and had three pnalty points placed on his licence.

A MAN has denied trying to become engaged in a fight on a Stranraer street.
David McKeand (28) of Ashwood Drive is charged with this and committing a breach of the peace on December 9th last year at George Street.
He will stand trial on March 25th.

A WHITHORN man denied being inside a house with intent to steal when he appeared in court on Monday.
Thirty-nine year old Scott Carrick of St Ninian's Crescent will stand trial on March 31st charged with being inside the curtilage of a house on North Main Street, Wigtown on December 20th.

A TWENTY-year old man from Whithorn has plead not guilty to stealing a charity bottle full of cash from a pub in the town.
Richard Parrott, of Glasserton Street, is charged with taking the bottle which contained £650 after breaking into The Calcutta Inn on December 30th.
He will stand trial on March 19th.

A WOMAN who embezzled £2417 from Stranraer and District Pipe Band has been repaying the cash steadily, Stranraer Sheriff Court heard on Tuesday.
Amanda McKay (35) of Holmpark Crescent, Minnigaff admitted stealing the money between May 24th 2004 and June 19th 2006 at a previous hearing and sentence was deferred for her to repay it.
Her lawyer said she had been repaying £230 per month and has so far paid back around £900.
Sheriff Tom Millar agreed to defer sentence further to allow McKay to continue repaying the full amount.

PROBATION and community service was the sentence handed to a Minnigaff man who has a list of public order offences this week.
John Christie (20) of Holmpark Crescent admitted committing another breach of the peace by challenging people to a fight on Newton Stewart's Albert Street on February 2nd.
The court heard that Christie was spotted by police at 1.15am before being spoken to by them and subsequently arrested due to his behaviour.
Lawyer Ian Milligan said: "Mr Christie has been candid enough to admit his involvement from the beginning and had simply drank too much at the time.
"If drink is removed from the picture, there is little prospect of him attending court anywhere near as regularly as he has been."
Sheriff Millar told Christie: "You have a bit of a record for this type of thing, but you recognise yourself that you have issues with alcohol."
An 18-month probation order, said the sheriff, should help Christie address these issues. In addition, he was ordered to undergo 100 hours of community service.

A STRANRAER man was fined £700 this week for his part in assaulting a local door steward.
Sheriff Tom Millar fined Patrick McDevitt (26) of Parklea Gardens and also ordered him to pay £250 in compensation to a man he dragged along the ground and whose chest he stamped on.
The court heard that police near Bar Pazarello in Stranraer saw McDevitt walk up to the steward at midnight on February 9th before seizing him, knocking him to the ground and dragging him along the road. He then stamped on him and repeatedly punched and kicked him on the head and body.
The victim received only minor cuts and bruises and required no medical assistance, said fiscal Kenneth Grieve.
Lawyer Paul Feeney, defending, said that McDevitt has never been in trouble before but had drank more than was good for him.
He added: "He is shocked at his behaviour and his appearance in court today."
Sheriff Millar said: "This appears to be a very serious matter but you are a first offender and your background report is favourable.
"So I can step back from considering a custodial sentence."

A MAN who walked into Stranraer Police Station and tried to hand himself in for a non-existent crime was jailed for five months this week.
Thirty-three year old Darren McDowell arrived at the station at Port Rodie on September 14th and tried to tell officers there was a warrant out for his arrest.
Fiscal Kenneth Grieve told the court: "Checks revealed that there wasn't any such warrant and when this was explained to Mr McDowell, he became angry and started demanding his ferry fare back to Northern Ireland.
"It was explained that police do not facilitate such things and upon this, he began to shout and swear and say, "You'll never take me alive"."
McDowell then began struggling with officers who were trying to calm him down and he was eventually arrested.
When his belongings were searched, police found a claw hammer in his hold-all which McDowell claimed was for his protection.
Margot Nicol, defending, said that McDowell hadn't removed the hammer at all and it was only discovered when his things were searched.

URINATING in public has landed a Portpatrick youth with a year-long probation order.
Alastair Boag (19) of Old Spittal Croft was caught spending a penny in the doorway of Stranraer's M&Co shop of February 10th.
Boag admitted the offence in court on Tuesday, along with one of breaching a previously-imposed bail order keeping him out of Stranraer at certain times of the day.
Sheriff Tom Millar decided Boag would benefit from the service provided by probation.

SENTENCE on a Stranraer girl who caused a scene at the town's police station has been deferred.
Sheriff Tom Millar said on Tuesday that by deferring for a further three months, this would give Stacey Burton (18) of Hampton Court, Agnew Crescent a further chance to behave.
Burton had previously appeared to plead guilty to struggling with officers, shouting, swearing and refusing to leave the police station on November 13th.
She will appear again in June.

A MAN who stole a bottle of whisky to pay for his drug habit is ready to "embrace a drug treatment and testing order", according to his lawyer.
James Hughes (27) was released on bail to an address at Seaview, Wigtown to be assessed for the rehabilitation programme (known as DTTO) after lawyer Ian Milligan said he saw it as his only chance to get some stability in his life.
He added: "He urgently wants to embrace the DTTO and is ready to start getting things back on track."
Hughes will be assessed for his suitability to join the programme during his time on bail and will appear in court on April 8th to hear a decision.

A TEN-month jail term was handed down to a Stranraer man on Tuesday after he stole a quantity of items from various premises.
Ricky Longridge (22) whose address is given as Agnew Crescent admitted stealing two MP3 players from Newton Stewart's Co-Op store on February 6th.
He then admitted breaking into Lochryan Pipe Band Hall on Bridge Street, Stranraer and stealing alcohol and £250 cash on March 2nd or 3rd and also breaking into The Manse, Leswalt High road, on March 5th and stealing fishing equipment, two cameras and a garden strimmer.
Fiscal Kenny Grieve said that police recovered £200 of the £250 stolen from the Pipe Band Hall.
Lawyer Paul Feeney said Longridge was realistic about his fate and wanted the matter dealt with as quickly as possible.

A SHOPLIFTER was jailed for eight months this week after a spate of thefts from Stranraer shops.
Harold McLean (26) of Lochdale, Stranraer also admitted carrying a screwdriver in a public place on top of the thefts.
The court heard that McLean stole £98.73 worth of toiletries from Boots on January 12th; an engraving kit and toolkit worth £65.00 from Woolworths on January 26th and two sanders, again from Woolworths, worth £32.00 on January 27th.
McLean's lawyer, Paul Feeney, said that his client needs assistance in his life to help with drug problems but whenever these have been offered in the past, McLean has been unable to engage.
He went on: "He accepts he has some difficulty with his life but hopes to start afresh in Glasgow."
But Sheriff Tom Millar said he could only deal with the offences one way, given McLean's previous convictions, and imposed a total of eight months and 10 days in prison.

A LORRY driver who lost control of his vehicle between Newton Stewart and Kirkcowan admitted he had been sleepy.
Michael Higgins had been driving on the A75 at 7.15am on November 27th when he decided to find somewhere to pull in and rest as he was feeling tired, the court heard on Tuesday.
But, according to fiscal Kenny Grieve, when Higgins came across a lay-by it was full of roadworks and he was forced to carry on.
Mr Grieve said: "At The Crossings, the 50,000-litre milk tanker hit the soft verge and as Mr Higgins tried to correct it, he over-corrected, lost control and the vehicle tipped over."The carriageway was blocked on both sides whilst a clear-up operation was underway.
Sheriff Tom Millar told Higgins: "The penalty could have been worse for you here but you clearly knew you were tired and had made some effort to find a place to pull in and stop."
Higgins was fined £200 and had his licence endorsed with six penalty points.

A WARRANT has been issued for a lorry driver who failed to appear and answer careless driving charges after crashing into a snack bar near Creetown.
Jason Cruise (28) from County Londonderry was due to face the charge on Tuesday, which states he attempted to overtake a line of stationary traffic that had stopped to allow a jeep towing the snack bar to turn right.
But as he approached, it is claimed, he struck the snack bar and demolished it.
In court, fiscal Kenny Grieve called for a warrant and stated: "It appears Cruise is avoiding service."