Detention for jealous boyfriend who broke his girlfriend’s arm

A domestic abuser who broke his girlfriend’s arm has been locked up.

Steven Donaldson, 19, of Dundee kicked the woman so hard she had to have a metal plate put in her forearm.

Donaldson, of Adamson Court, committed the assault just two months after attacking his previous partner.

The city’s sheriff court previously heard the later incident unfolded after Donaldson argued with the woman, with whom he had been in a relationship for six weeks.

After she told him to leave her house, he grabbed her by the throat and held her on a bed before calling her a “stupid **** ”.

As she raised her arm to protect herself, the teenager kicked her with brute force, striking her forearm.

He apologised after realising the pain he had inflicted but left without calling for medical help.

The woman later underwent surgery for a broken arm and had a metal plate inserted.

In the assault on the first partner, he pushed her on to a bed before straddling her and pinning her down, causing bruising to her arms.

Donaldson’s solicitor Jane Caird said his actions stem from jealousy, particularly from social media use.

She said: “He is a young man who lacks the ability to hold back his jealousy. He pled guilty and wants to cause as little trouble as possible for the complainers.

“He recognises even at a young age that drinking alcohol and taking drugs is affecting his life.”

She added that the broken arm had occurred after the complainer had “brandished” a potato peeler at him and he was attempting to kick it out of her hand.

Sheriff Lorna Drummond noted Donaldson has a record of domestic offending showing a “pattern of behaviour”.

He was sentenced to six months for the first attack, which took place in St Columba Gardens sometime in September, and 12 months for the second, which happened in November, to run concurrently.

She also put in place a non-harassment order preventing him from contacting either woman for two years.