North Berwick: Jacqueline Aston sentenced for breaching bail | East Lothian Courier


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Summary of Jacqueline Aston's Sentencing

Jacqueline Aston, 58, was sentenced at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for breaching a bail order. The order, granted on October 8, 2021, prohibited her from contacting a specific woman. Aston violated this by approaching the woman near her former home in North Berwick on January 31, 2023.

Sheriff John Cook sentenced Aston to a community payback order with 100 hours of unpaid work. Aston, now residing in Peebles, has two additional bail breach charges pending. However, Sheriff Cook indicated that if she complies with the current order, these charges may result in an admonition later in the year.

Prior Conviction

This sentencing follows a previous conviction for Aston and her husband, David Aston, 56, for a three-year campaign of harassment against their former neighbors on Blackadder Crescent in North Berwick.

  • Breach of bail condition: Approached a woman she was prohibited from contacting.
  • Sentence: Community payback order with 100 hours unpaid work.
  • Pending charges: Two further bail breach matters.
  • Prior conviction: Harassment campaign with her husband.
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Jacqueline Aston had been granted bail at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on October 8, 2021, with the strict condition not to approach or contact the woman in any way.

Aston breached the bail order by approaching her near her former home at Blackadder Crescent, North Berwick, on January 31, 2023.

READ MORE: North Berwick's David and Jacqueline Aston banned from their street

The 58-year-old appeared for sentencing at the Capital court on Tuesday, where Sheriff John Cook placed her on a community payback order with an unpaid work element of 100 hours. 

Aston, who has since moved to Peebles, has two further bail breach matters to face but Sheriff Cook said that, if she complied with the order he imposed, she would most likely be admonished on those cases later this year.

Aston and her husband David Aston, 56, were previously convicted of carrying out a campaign of harassment against their former neighbours on Blackadder Crescent over a three-year period.

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