Man to be sentenced for serious assault on his former partner

A woman was left with a broken nose, fractured cheekbone and lost ten teeth after being assaulted by her then partner.

The incident happened after the couple had been drinking at Stuart Mitchell’s house, had an argument and he was trying to throw her out, resulting in him appearing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

Mitchell, 41, of Law Road, Dunfermline, admitted that on October 20 last year at his home he assaulted Selina Dall, his former partner, dragged her from a couch and along the floor and removed her from the property.

He then seized her by the hair, pulled her on to the floor, dragged her towards a door and pushed her body causing her to strike her head against a door, all to her severe injury.

Depute fiscal Graeme Jessop said the couple had been in relationship for four years before the incident.

They had been drinking together at his home on that day when at around 1am they started arguing over “fairly trivial matters”.

Mitchell had gone to bed leaving his partner still drinking in the living room.

Before 6am he had got up and asked her either to go to bed or leave as he did not want her lying drunk when his child arrived later.

She refused and began verbally abusing Mitchell who reacted by attacking her and dragging her out of the flat.

She started banging on the door and Mitchell let her back in. However, another struggle began when she knocked over a coffee table, smashing the glass.

He then dragged her back towards the door resulting in her striking her face against the door frame.

The woman called the police and officers arrived to find her with blood coming from her swollen face.

Later she was taken to hospital where she was found to have a fractured nose, a hairline fracture to her right cheekbone and 10 of her teeth had to be removed.

Mitchell will be sentenced on August 23.