Man who had two partners and assaulted both is behind bars

A violent man who was in relationships with two Fife women at the same time and viciously attacked both of them has been remanded in custody.

After a trial at Dunfermline Sheriff Court, a jury found Steven Rough guilty of a catalogue of domestic abuse.

His secrets and lies lifestyle led to one of the women believing he was a policeman. She later discovered he was in fact a joiner but had played the part of a policeman as an extra in the TV series River City.

Rough, 30, of Earl Street, Glasgow, was found guilty of a number of charges. On an occasion between June 1 and 30 2016, at Leighton Street, High Valleyfield, he assaulted his then partner, then pregnant, by seizing her by the hair, throwing her to the ground, seizing her by the head and repeatedly striking her head against a wall, all to her injury.

On an occasion between July 1 and 17 last year, at Central Road, Crombie, he assaulted another partner by seizing her by the neck, pinning her to the floor, punching her on the body, seizing her body and dragging her to the floor then repeatedly striking her head on the floor. He then carried her, seized her by the throat, compressing it and restricting her breathing.

On July 16 last year, at the same address in Crombie, he assaulted a woman by seizing her by the neck, before the following day, at Streets Place, Townhill, he assaulted another woman by pushing her on the body, causing her to strike a door, while she was holding an infant. He then struck her on the head, threw a set of keys at her and seized her by the hair when she was still holding the child.

Sheriff Simon Collins called for reports and Rough was remanded in custody.