Man who stalked own family awaits fate

A 23-year-old man who admitted to stalking his own mother and sister over a 10month period last year has had his sentence deferred.

Ryan Galbraith, of Lerwick’s Sandveien, admitted causing fear or alarm to the two women between January 1 and October 22 at various locations in the town and Scalloway.

He persistently tried to contact them by phone, as well as sending text messages and leaving voicemails of a threatening nature.

On one occasion, he approached his mother at the Cooperative supermarket in Lerwick, shouted and swore at her and spat on her car.

On another occasion he approached her vehicle in the car park of Tesco’s supermarket and attempted to strike the car with a trolley.

Defence agent Gregor Kelly said Galbraith had a “troubled background” and called for a criminal justice social inquiry report, to which Sheriff Philip Mann agreed, adjourning the case until 25 April.