Police officer on trial accused of stalking former partners

Scott McGregor denies three charges against women

A Tayside police officer has gone on trial accused of stalking one former partner and both stalking and assaulting a second.

Scott McGregor denies three charges relating to two women, which are said to have taken place over a decade.

Kirstyn Fullerton, 28, told Perth Sheriff Court a fledgling relationship with McGregor had collapsed when she found he was living with a long-term partner.

Ms Fullerton said he had begun to lurk outside in the street as she visited friends and had waited by the roadside for her as she drove home from work.

Ms Fullerton said he had once kicked out as she attempted to flee his home.

“He aimed a kick at my back and missed, but caught my hand,” she told the court. “One of my fingers was broken.” Also giving evidence was ex-partner Katherine Allan, who dated McGregor when they were both in their teens.

She recounted how their 12-month relationship had ended and how he had begun to follow her and make unannounced visits to her home.

She told the court he had followed her to friends’ homes, tailed her to her parents’ house and even shadowed her on dates.

On one occasion she said he had battered on her door when she would not let him in.

She also claimed he had once used a house party to slip into her bedroom and sit, watching her sleep.

McGregor, who gave the police force’s Professional Standards Department as his address, is employed within the Tayside area.

He is understood to be on restricted duties at present.

McGregor denies stalking his former partner Katherine Allan at numerous locations in Perthshire between October 1 2007 and May 31 2010.

He denies conducting himself in a disorderly manner by sitting in his vehicle and repeatedly following Miss Allan, as well as bombarding her with phone calls and text messages.

The charge alleges he also shouted at her, repeatedly tried to get into her flat in Scone, entered it uninvited and got into the bedroom and sat on her bed and repeatedly demanded to know her whereabouts.

He also denies a second charge that between January 1 2015 and February 29 2016, he behaved in a manner likely to cause fear or alarm by repeatedly following Kirstyn Fullerton and bombarding her with phone and text messages.

The third charge, which he also denies, alleges that between January 1 2015 and February 21 last year he assaulted Miss Fullerton in various parts of Perth.

The trial continues.

He aimed a kick at my back and missed, but caught my hand. One of my fingers was broken. KIRSTYN FULLERTON