A DENHOLM man has admitted causing a disturbance at Borders General Hospital.

Forty-nine-year-old James Markie of Murray Place pleaded guilty to shouting and swearing and struggling violently with police officers on September 23.

He also admitted obstructing a paramedic at the rear of an ambulance in High Street, Hawick, on December 23 last year and struggling violently with a police constable.

Sentence was deferred at Jedburgh Sheriff Courtuntil January 22 for the production of background reports.