Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Kinross man barricaded himself in living room after partner’s naked dance turned violent

Perth Sheriff Court.
Perth Sheriff Court.

An amorous woman spent Valentine’s Day in a police cell after her scantily clad dance failed to woo her partner and he had to barricade himself in a room and dial 999 for help.

The snub by her partner, Nicol Love, caused Vasilica Despa, 44, to fly into a rage and she carried out a vicious attack on him, while dressed only in her pants.

Mr Love was so terrified he dialled 999 and was advised to barricade himself in the living room.

Despa, who had earlier been found guilty at trial, had sentence deferred yesterday for the preparation of social work and restriction of liberty order reports.

Security assistant Mr Love, 52, told Perth Sheriff Court he spent nearly half an hour hiding in his living room with a chair propped against the door to keep Despa out.

An officer arrived at the scene and had to grapple with the scantily-clad woman on the bed before calling for back-up.

Mr Love said he had been in an on-off relationship with the Romanian-born cleaner for two years and they had moved in together in September.

He said: “She started to drink about 4.15pm. At 6pm I served the dinner but she decided she didn’t want it.

“She started to goad me, saying I didn’t love her and I was cold. I was hoping to have an early night because I was due to be up the next day at 5am for work.

“She kept coming up beside me, saying things in my ear. I ignored it and didn’t want any part of it.

“She disappeared into the bedroom and came back just in her underwear, dancing round, with her mobile phone on playing loud music.”


>> Keep up to date with the latest news with The Courier newsletter


Mr Love decided to leave the house in Montgomery Street, Kinross, but Despa began throwing clothes around the house so he phoned the police.

“When I had the police on the phone she started throwing punches and kicks at me,” he said.

Police Constable Douglas Stapleton, 52, arrived at 8pm but Despa refused to let him in, and he told the court he had to shoulder charge the door to get in. Despa was wearing pyjama trousers and a robe, which was open, exposing her breasts.

Mr Stapleton said: “As soon as I got in she was barging into me repeatedly.

“She tried to kick me on the shins, spat in my face and it hit me right between my eyes, on the bridge of my nose.

“She came at me again trying to throw punches at me, flailing her arms.

“I had to push her back and she fell backwards onto the bed.”

Despa spent the night in custody before being released, after appearing in court on Valentine’s Day.

Despa, 44, Kinross, was found guilty of assaulting Mr Love on February 13, by punching his head and kicking him on the body.

She was also found guilty of attacking Mr Stapleton by repeatedly kicking him on the body, repeatedly trying to punch his head and spitting in his face.