Man who tried to kill baby jailed for attacking three ex-girlfriends
A THUG last month convicted of trying to murder a ninemonth-old baby has been jailed for threatening a neighbour with a baseball bat which had a knife attached.
William Robertson, 21, was locked up for a total of 36 months for the shocking attack, and also for threatening three ex-girlfriends.
Two separate sheriffs at Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week jailed him for the offences, with the sentences to run consecutively.
Robertson, of Clydebank, is also awaiting sentence at the High Court for the attempted murder of the baby in Jean Armour Drive, North Drumry.
A jury found him guilty last month of his third conviction in as many months.
In October, a jury at Dumbarton Sheriff Court returned the guilty verdicts against him.
Robertson, who lives in Mossgiel Drive, was found guilty of, on various occasions between January 1 and December 31, 2016, repeatedly shouting and swearing and acting in an aggressive manner, at a house in Robert Burns Avenue,
The jury heard how Robertson was punching walls, made abusive remarks and sent abusive messages to his ex-girlfriend.
The jury then convicted him of similar offences towards a second ex-partner between June 1, 2016 and August 31, 2017. The offences all happened at a house in Robert Burns Avenue, Mossgiel Drive and a flat in Jean Armour Drive.
Robertson repeatedly shouted, and swore and acted in an aggressive manner, made abusive remarks and sent abusive messages to the woman.
He committed the offences while on bail.
The jury returned a third guilty verdict on Robertson for carrying out further abuse on a third ex on various occasions between January 1 and June 2, 2017. He was acquitted of a fourth charge, against a fourth woman.
Sheriff William Gallacher, who had previously revoked Robertson’s bail and remanded him in custody, jailed the thug last week for 21 months – to consecutively with a 15-month sentence imposed by Sheriff Simon Pender for the baseball bat incident on July 2.