Woman was violently assaulted by partner twice within days

A woman was viciously attacked by her partner twice in week, shortly after they moved to a house in Ballingry.

Michael Boost, 23, now of Woodburn Road, Dalkeith, appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court and admitted that on June 30 at an address in Kirktoun Gardens, Ballingry, he assaulted his partner by pushing her against a fridge, putting his arm around her neck and compressing it.

He also admitted that on July 4, at the same address, he assaulted his partner by repeatedly pushing her, causing her to fall to the ground and restrained her on the ground.

Boost banged the woman’s head against a radiator and put his arm around her neck and compressed it while making threats to kill her.

He also seized and pulled her by the hair and threw a pram at her, hitting her on the body.

Depute fiscal Jade Doig said the couple had been in a relationship since last September and had only moved to Ballingry a fortnight before the first offence.

“It seems they had a shared mobile phone and the accused saw a photo on it of a male in his boxer shorts,” she said.

“This was her ex-partner and an argument started.”

The argument led to the assault in the first charge, the court was told.

The second attack happened after the woman told Boost their relationship was over.

Police found the victim with carpet burns and bruises on her elbows and a substantial amount of hair missing as a result of her being dragged.

Sheriff Charles MacNair imposed a community payback order with three years’ supervision, 300 hours unpaid work and £600 compensation.