Hallglen door kicker dealt with relationship breakdown badly

Ian Arnott, 26, had called the woman earlier in the day demand she pay him money back she owed him and saying he would be coming round to her house if she did not do this.

He eventually did show up at the door on two occasions, making a nuisance of himself both times as she watched his antics through the door’s peephole.

Arnott appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday having pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour – repeatedly kicking a door, bins and toys and smashin glass – at an address in Tiree Place, Hallglen on November 17 last year.

"The complainer and the accused had been in a relationship for two to three years,” said the procurator fiscal depute. “They had separated in November last year when the complainer ended the relationship.

"The complainer and a relation were within her address when she received a voicemail from the accused stating that she would pay him back and that if she didn’t he would come round to her house.

"He did come round to the house and started kicking the outside door and the complainer could see him through the peephole and heard him shouting for her to open the door.

"He walked away at that point, but five minutes later he returned and started kicking the door and waste items and throwing glass bottles in the close.”

Stephen Biggam, defence solicitor, said: “He’s a young man at the end of a relationship, who dealt with it very poorly.”

At an earlier court appearance it was stated Arnott had “no recollection of this incident” because he was having a “mental breakdown” at the time.

Sheriff Craig Harris noted Arnott, 86 Sutton Park Crescent, Stenhousemuir, only had one previous conviction and had fully complied with both his good behaviour conditions and his structured deferred sentence.

"You have done everything the court has told you to,” said Sheriff Harris and simply admonished Arnott.