Two men have admitted to a series of break-ins in the Anchor Buildings Shopping Centre in Kirkwall in July.

Carl James Howley (18), who is currently on remand at Inverness Prison, and Sebastian David Fullick (19), Berstane House, St Ola, appeared at Kirkwall Sheriff Court yesterday, and admitted breaking into seven shops and businesses while inside Anchor Buildings on July 29 or 30, stealing cash totalling nearly £1,900.

Howley also admitted breaking into the Internet Cafe in Kirkwall on July 24 or 25.

Fullick pled guilty on various dates during November and December, last year and January and February, this year, to stealing cheques and fraudulently obtaining cash, breaking into the Gatehouse on Shapinsay, stealing a credit card and forming a fraudulent scheme to obtain money from the Clydesdale Bank in Glasgow and Inverness.

Howley was further remanded in custody and Fullick released on bail until November 5 for the purposes of obtaining reports.

Archive story: Pair appear in connection with July housebreakings