"Of all the people you are going to offer things to, you certainly wouldn't want to approach the ex-partner."

An unbylined Scottish Herald story on a "hapless crook" getting 60 days for trying to sell a set of stolen golf clubs to their owner's estranged wife.

The court was told that the owner of the golf clubs had spoken to his former partner and had mentioned he had been the victim of a crime.

He told her his prized set of clubs had been taken and she was stunned when Hill turned up to try and sell them to her at her market stall.

Hill, 28, of MacDonald Crescent, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, admitted resetting a quantity of household goods, including a lawnmower, at Parkview, Parkhill Road, Blairgowrie, on July 27.

He also admitted that on the same day at East Ward Cottage, Parkhill Road he reset a quantity of power tools, garden equipment and the set of golf clubs.

The total estimated value of the stolen goods was thought to be around £868, although the specific value of the golf clubs was not given in court.

Solicitor Paul Ralph, defending, said: "Of all the people you are going to offer things to, you certainly wouldn't want to approach the ex-partner.

Well, it depends on how the marriage ended! Maybe she would love to buy the clubs, break them into two and then give them back to the ex? I'm just saying...