PERTH MAN JAILED FOR MAKING VIOLENT THREATS TO HIS EX OUTSIDE SUPERMARKET
Just two days after splitting up with his girlfriend, an angry Perth man confronted her outside a city centre supermarket and shouted: “You’re dead, you’re dead.” Thirty-five-year-old Douglas Robertson also turned up uninvited at a local flat in a bid to see her - and told two of her friends: “I’m going upstairs to batter her.” When he did not make contact, he punched a glass window and later sent her a series of messages via social media in defiance of a bail order.The accused, of St Catherine’s Square, was jailed for a total of four months at Perth Sheriff Court after Sheriff Neil Bowie told him: “Your conduct towards your former partner must have been extremely frightening.” He also had a three-year non-harassment order imposed, prohibiting him from approaching or contacting her.
He admitted flouting a June 7, 2021, bail order by sending messages between June 7 and 25.
He also adopted an aggressive demeanour towards the female at a house in Perth’s King Edward Street on June 6 and shouting and swearing in South Street the same day.
Robertson then saw his ex-girlfriend in South Street but she retreated into the Tesco store as he shouted the “you’re dead” comment.
On June 23, the woman received a message via Facebook Messenger that she recognized was a previous profile he used but she had not yet deleted.
He wanted to know why she still had photos of him on Facebook.
She ignored the comments and “blocked” the accused.
When he was later arrested, Robertson said: “I think they’re all w*****s.” The sheriff imposed the jail term, backdated to June 29, stating: “In my view, a custodial sentence is appropriate.”
