A battered girlfriend who called her mother for help after suffering a drunken beating could only watch in horror as she suffered the same fate.
Cupar Sheriff Court heard how Graeme Davidson brutally beat both his then partner and her mother after a drinking bout.
The 28-year-old was so drunk he could barely remember what had happened following the incident. However, it is a night his victims are unlikely to ever forget.
Davidson, of Tay Street, Tayport, admitted repeatedly punching his girlfriend on the head on December 11. He also pushed and repeatedly punched her on the body, all to her injury.
When his victim desperately called her mother for help, she too was subjected to a sickeningly violent attack. The court heard that Davidson’s second victim was holding her four-year-old grandchild when he repeatedly punched her on the head to her injury.
Solicitor Douglas Williams said his client now “bitterly regretted” his actions on the day in question.
“Mr Davidson is not proud of his actions,” he said. “It is not his modus operandi to lift his hands to a woman. He was so drunk that he was unable to control his actions and his temper.”
Mr Williams said his client had “very little recollection” of the terrifying attacks, adding, “He is not happy about what happened and acknowledges his behaviour was totally unacceptable. Mr Davidson deeply regrets his actions and is very remorseful.”
The solicitor added that Davidson had got a job in a call centre but that he had been forced to give it up due to problems associated with anxiety and depression. He is now seeking alcohol counselling.
Sentencing Davidson, Sheriff Charles Macnair said, “This was a quite disgraceful incident. You assaulted your girlfriend and, when she sought the help of her mother, assaulted her while she was carrying a young child.
“Happily the child was not injured but that is a result of good fortune rather than anything else. I am just prepared to deal with this by way of the alternative to a custodial sentence,” the sheriff added.
Davidson was placed on probation for 18 months and ordered to carry out 150 hours of community work. He was also ordered to pay £250 in compensation to each of his victims.