You need to start behaving
Warning to man after row with wife
A husband has been rapped for sparking a drunken row as his estranged wife’s home as she slept upstairs with her lover.
Allan Thomson, 43, stormed to expartner Karen’s after their teenage son turned up at his house in the middle of the night.
He wedged his foot in the door when she told him to leave – then battered it.
At Paisley Sheriff Court, Thomson admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner.
Prosecutor Colin Wilson said Ms Thomson feared he would try and force his way inside.
He said: “Karen Thomson was in bed and heard the doorbell ring.
“She went downstairs and thought it was her son returning home.
“She looked out the window and saw a dark figure.
“She opened the door and saw the accused.
“He appeared to be under the influence of alcohol.
“The accused asked what was going on.
“She told him to go away and attempted to close the door. “He stopped it by using his foot. “She was able to close the door and lock it. She was shaken and scared by this. Thomson kicked the door aggressively, that made Karen scared he would get into the property.”
The court heard the pair have a teenage son and an adult son but split.
The two share custody of the boy, staying with his dad during the week and mum at the weekend.
Thomson turned up at the home in Erskine’s Barholm Crescent after the younger lad arrived at his place in the early hours of March 18.
Defence lawyer Kirsten Ferguson confirmed the former couple are getting divorced.
She said: “At the time, they were married but estranged.
“They have two sons, one adult, and one aged 14.
“His younger son attended at his address around 1.30am.
“He wanted to get to the bottom of what had happened.
“He accepts he went to his ex-wife’s house and that it was completely unacceptable.”
The first offender has been warned to keep out of trouble or face punishment later this year.
Sheriff David Pender gave him a chance to prove the drama was a one-off.
He said: “You have gotten to the age you have without troubling the courts.
“It seems to me the appropriate way is to deal with this by deferring sentencing “for good behaviour.
“If you do not behave, I will not be able to deal with this in such a lenient manner.”
Thomson, of Newburgh, Erskine, has been ordered to return to court in October.