A sheriff has warned an Angus man he escaped being sent to jail “by a whisker”.
Adam King, 39, of Glenogil Street, Montose, pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm by shouting, swearing and making derogatory remarks to his ex-partner on March 24 at his home address.
He had earlier pleaded guilty to breaching the conditions of two community pay back orders imposed by the court.
Defence solicitor Nick Markowski told Forfar Sheriff Court his client had a history of physical and mental health issues.
He said: “He hurt his shoulder when he was young. He is on strong pain killers which cause him problems with his memory.”
However, Sheriff Gregor Murray warned King his excuses were “fairly pathetic”.
Depute fiscal Stewart Duncan told the court that at the time of the offence the complainer and the accused had been in a relationship for 10 years and had a child together.
On Friday March 23 the complainer went to King’s house.
King started shouting at his ex-partner with witnesses hearing him call her a “mongol” and swearing at her.
She went to her sister’s house and called the police.
Sheriff Murray noted King’s history of offending and the community payback orders which had been served on King in the past.
He accepted King had mental health problems and that the complainer had turned up at his house without his knowledge.
But he warned: “Your behaviour was deplorable…
“You are avoiding going to jail by a whisker for three reasons — A: to assist you; B: to stop you offending; and C: to enable us to keep a check on you. Break this in any shape or form and you will go to jail.”
He revoked the previous community payback orders and placed King on a 12-month supervision order which will be reviewed on November 8, and imposed a restriction of liberty order between the hours of 7pm and 7am for six months.
