Terror as ex held knife to own throat

A desperate woman held a knife to her own throat until her neck started to bleed during a row with her ex.

Tylar Kinghorn, 23, followed her victim into a flat before taking a knife out of the kitchen and pulling it over her neck.

Her ex- partner and a companion fled to her father’s house. He thought they had been attacked because of the blood on their clothes.

Kinghorn appeared at Ayr Sheriff Court last week and admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in Gould Street, Ayr, on December 15 by following her ex into a dwelling, refusing to leave and cutting her own neck.

Fiscal depute Scott Toal said: “The accused and complainer were in a relationship until 2018.

“The complainer returned home in the afternoon and became aware of somebody behind her. She turned round and it was the accused.

“The complainer went into a close and the accused followed her, stating that she blamed her for her life taking a downward spiral.”

The court was told Kinghorn followed her ex into the flat and refused to leave.

Kinghorn then went into the kitchen and came back with a knife and held it to her own throat.

Mr Toal said the complainer tried to call her father but she was stopped many times by the accused.

A short time later a friend came in and saw Kinghorn with a knife to her own throat.

The accused eventually left and the complainer and her friend went to her father’s house.

Kinghorn was traced in Dreghorn that evening with injuries to her neck.

She was taken to hospital where she received two stitches to a cut on her hand.

Defence solicitor Glenn Davis said: “Since her liberation she has engaged with the community payback order imposed at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.

“She has recognised and started to address the issues that contributed to these offences.

“It was a harrowing act for the complainer to experience.”

Mr Davis also said alcohol and other substances contributed to Kinghorn’s offences.

He added: “She now has an insight into what triggered these matters and she wants to ensure there is no repetition.

“She’s been involved in the criminal justice system since she was 17.”

Sheriff Desmond Leslie told Kinghorn: “You have been made subject to three community payback orders and I’m going to make you subject of a fourth order.”

Kinghorn, of West Edith Street, Darvel, was put under supervision for 18 months. She was also given a one- year non- harrassment order, meaning she cannot approach or contact her victim.