A MAN has appeared in court in connection with a reported high-speed pursuit from the Wee County to Cardenden yesterday.

Dunfermline man Stuart Nowrie appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court on petition, charged with numerous offences, including dangerous driving.

It is alleged the driver failed to stop for police near Clackmannan before then being chased for 45 minutes into Fife. Pictures published yesterday show the vehicle crashed into a garden.

While no one was injured during the incident, images from the incident show extensive damage to a police car and the van it was pursuing.

Nowrie appeared in private today (Thursday, May 6) and is accused of dangerous driving, police assault, impeding police, and registration plate fraud.

It is also alleged the vehicle he was driving had no MOT.

The 36-year-old made no plea at a brief hearing before Sheriff Christopher Shead.

He was committed for further examination and released on bail, to appear again at a date to be confirmed.

The alleged incident was reported to have caused "significant delays" on the M90.

Police were seen chasing another vehicle before it left the motorway for Cardenden.

Pictures from the scene show a police car, with significant damage to the front end, being removed from the property near Craigside Road in the Fife town.

Video taken at the scene showed a pickup van had collided with a fence, crashing into a nearby garden.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said yesterday: "Around 10.55am on Wednesday, 5 May, a white Ford Transit van failed to stop when signalled to by police near Gartarry Roundabout near Clackmannan.

"Officers pursued the vehicle for 45 minutes through Tayside and Fife until it came to a stop in the garden of a property on Craigside Road in Cardenden. Nobody was injured during the incident."