Reports ordered into Borders man who made derogatory remarks towards teenagers

Sixty-four-year-old Neil Rankin pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and uttering derogatory remarks towards teenage girls at Galashiels Transport Interchange on November 26. He also admitted – that while on bail – attempting to contact a newborn baby and placing his hand inside a pram on a bus outside Melrose Abbey on March 26. Sentence was deferred until April 28.

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