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‘Paranoid’ drunk man called police on himself BEFORE committing offence

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A drunk Glenrothes man who called the police on himself before getting into a fight with his partner has been placed on a restriction of liberty order.

Stephen Russell admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner on September 16 at a property on Dovecot Park in the Fife town.

The 26-year-old was initially placed on bail after being arrested and told not to contact his partner Charmaine Humphreys or to enter her home address.

But Russell went on to breach the special conditions on two occasions, one of which was described as a “chance encounter”, in the Kingdom Shopping Centre on November 16.

He appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court this week after admitting his drunken behaviour and the breaches of bail at earlier hearings.

Depute fiscal Nicola Henderson told the court: “The accused and the complainer had been drinking at the complainer’s mother’s house.

“The accused started to become paranoid and thought that his partner was going to call the police on him. The complainer told the accused she had no reason to do so.

“At 1.30am, the accused contacted the police and told them he was paranoid that his partner was going to call them. Police attended but there were no complaints made.”

The couple went their separate ways but just half an hour later, Russell attended at the home of his partner and began banging on the door.

After being let inside to collect his belongings, Russell sat on the couch and refused to leave. He then opened a bedroom window and began hurling abuse at his partner who was now standing in the garden.

He also repeatedly banged on the window and damaged a baby gate inside the property.

After eventually leaving, Russell grabbed the front door keys and threw them toward a neighbouring property.

Officers traced him a short time later and he was arrested. He then went on to breach his bail conditions, one of which was witnessed by a social worker.

The court was also told that Russell was already under a community payback order at the time of the offences and had started the domestic abuse group work programme just ten days before.

Defence solicitor Martin McGuire said that his client was working on the relationship with his partner and she had asked for the special bail conditions to be lifted.

Sheriff Alastair Thornton deferred sentence for six months for Russell to be of good behaviour.

He ordered him to be fitted with an electronic tag for the bail breaches for a period of four months at his home on Malcolm Road.