‘Leave me’ begged ex

Jilted man’s OTT reaction

A spurned lover bombarded his ex and her friends with messages, a court heard this week.

William Hamilton, of Baingle Crescent in Tullibody avoided jail at Stirling Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

The 48-year-old admitted being involved in a course of conduct which caused his former partner fear and alarm at Elgin Drive, Stirling, and elsewhere between June 28 and July 4 of last year.

The court heard that Hamilton had sent the woman texts and Facebook messages after she said that she did not want to be in a relationship with him.

On June 28, he sent her a message stating: “I don’t know what’s going on, but you could at least give me an explanation.”

The woman woke up at 6.40am the following morning to a number of messages, and replied that she did not have any time for a relationship.

Hamilton continued to send messages to her, so she replied: “Willie, just leave me. It’s all too much.”

The accused continued to text her, and despite being asked to stop, sent a further 15 texts that day.

Fiscal depute Matthew Kerr said: “The complainer didn’t want any contact with the accused, so she blocked his number and deleted her Facebook account.

“She began to receive messages from her friends that the accused was repeatedly contacting them about the complainer.”

The court heard that three friends had been contacted by Hamilton, and the woman received further messages when she re-activated her Facebook account.

The accused’s messages became more abusive, referring to the woman as ‘a two-timing little cow’, and threatened to post pictures of her online.

Police were contacted on July 4 and Hamilton was arrested and charged.

Defending, Stan Quirk said that his client had no previous convictions and had a good employment history.

He said: “It was a fairly short but ill-fated relationship involving himself and the complainer.”

Sentencing Hamilton to an 18 month supervision order and 175 hours of unpaid work, Sheriff Wyllie Robertson said about the case: “You should be quite ashamed of your behaviour. I accept that you have no previous convictions, and the period during which this behaviour was endured was relatively short.

“But you should be in no doubt that behaviour of this sort is considered very seriously by the courts.”

You should be quite ashamed of your behaviour