A man who verbally and emotionally abused two former partners, stalked one of them and took on the persona of “Tony Montana” from the film “Scarface”, has been jailed for almost two years.
“Highly manipulative” Gary Hill also threatened to kill himself if they didn’t do what he said, even telling one he had cancer to get her sympathy.
He also threatened one of them with a dog chain after beating the dog which had soiled a room after being locked in for several days.
Unemployed Hill, 31, of Dundonald Street, Dundee, was jailed for a total of 22 months by Sheriff Alastair Brown after admitting that on various occasions between April 1 and June 30, 2012, at a house in Johnston’s Lane, Dundee, he behaved in a threatening or abusive and aggressive manner, repeatedly shouted, swore and uttered offensive remarks towards a woman.
He further admitted that on various occasions between July 1 and September 30, 2012, at the house in Johnston’s Lane and elsewhere he engaged in a course of conduct which caused the woman fear or alarm, repeatedly called and sent text messages to her, containing offensive remarks, coerced her into meeting with him under false pretences, followed her against her wishes and attempted to enter her home address uninvited by barging past her, shouted and swore at her and called her derogatory names.
He also admitted that on various occasions between May 1 and August 21, 2014, at a house in Atholl Street, Dundee, he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner, acted in an aggressive manner, repeatedly shouted and swore and uttered offensive remarks towards another woman and, on August 14, 2014 at 43 Dundonald Street, threatened to strike the woman with a dog lead.
Depute fiscal Vicki Bell told the court Hill acted like a gangster, referring to himself as “Gary Montana” as a reference to the film Scarface and its leading character Tony Montana and would often listen to gangster rap music, while drinking excessively.
He was possessive and jealous and would shout and swear in the first woman’s face, calling her names.
On one occasion he pointed a kitchen knife at her and then threatened to stab himself and bombarded her with a barrage of phone calls and messages when she finished with him.
He also created numerous fake Facebook accounts to try to contact her, told her he was going to kill himself and that he was dying of cancer.
The second victim said he also called himself “G-Man” from the 187 Crew, Ms Bell told the court.
He called her names, demanded “Make my tea bitch” and said he was going to get a gun and shoot her.
When the dog soiled the living-room floor at least five times, Ms Bell said: “He grabbed a metal dog chain and repeatedly struck the dog on the head, leg and body with the chain.
“The dog was yelping and had tears streaming down its face.”
He then threatened to hit the woman with it.
Solicitor George Donnelly said Hill had suffered rejection from his family, followed by his adoptive parents and then by his first girlfriend with whom he had a child.
Sheriff Alastair Brown said: “It was highly manipulative behaviour.”
He said: “For any child it would have been very traumatising to have suffered that rejection, but you are an adult and you are able to control what you do.
“Your attitude to women is deplorable. No sentence other than a prison sentence is appropriate.”
Sheriff Brown also placed him on a non-harrassment order for five years, preventing him from contacting or attempting to contact the victims.