Court / Couper kept in custody
A MAN has been remanded in custody after appearing at Lerwick Sheriff Court accused of assault and struggling with police officers.
Trevor Couper, of Hoofields, Lerwick, made no plea on a charge of assaulting his partner at his home address on various occasions on 4 November.
He was accused of repeatedly punching her head and body, repeatedly forcing her to the floor, dragging her outside by her ankles and hair, placing his fingers in her mouth, seizing her by the neck and threatening her with violence, all to her injury.
The 25-year-old was also charged with pushing past three police constables in the execution of their duty at Hoofields on the same date, running away from them and struggling with them.
The case was continued without plea until 12 November.
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