The latest news report I can find is from March this year Sheriff Hammond warned him Be quiet and don t talk gibberish in this court adding Stop speaking rubbish and just sit quietly But the interruptions continued At one stage the clearly exasperated sheriff told Macrae who is conducting his own defence that he would have him removed to the cells and hold the trial in his absence This took place at a Sheriff court Reading the article I see at least one English case where someone was sentenced for contempt of court and a Welsh case as well It s quite possible even likely that there were threats of contempt of court that never reached the media