A Tayside police officer was found guilty of harassing his ex-girlfriend and former colleague.
PC Dale Mudie appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court accused of harassing fellow constable Amy Hutchison when their “intense” relationship which blossomed after the pair attended police college came to an end.
The 24-year-old from Carnoustie was found guilty after a three-day trial, and will wait until May to hear his sentence.
The trial was largely held in private before Sheriff Gregor Murray.
Initial public evidence was given by Ms Hutchison, now a PC in Durham, who said she felt “threatened” by a barrage of text messages from Mudie when their five-month relationship ended in 2011.
Things had come to a head at a wedding reception in Blairgowrie, where Ms Hutchison, 26, said she was leaving the relationship.
Ms Hutchison previously indicated she had started seeing Mudie in April 2011, saying: “It was initially quite good. I would describe it as deteriorating quite rapidly.”
The complainer said Mudie threatened to report her to their professional standards body, and arrest her earnings, over money he had used to pay for a holiday and gifts.
Sheriff Murray continued the case for reports and commented on the accused’s youth at the time of the offence, inexperience as a police officer, and the fact he had emerged from an intense relationship.