Falkirk cyclist mounts creepy staring campaign

Iain Colquhoun (56) appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday having pleaded guilty to engaging in a course of conduct which caused a woman fear and alarm – cycling around her and repeatedly staring at her – in Breton Court, Finistere Avenue, Falkirk and elsewhere between August 1, 2020 and September 11, 2021.

Danielle McDonald, procurator fiscal depute, said: “The complainer arranged to meet her friend and go for a walk in Callendar Park. The accused was following them on his bike.

"They sat down and he cycled in circles around them while they were sitting on the bench. He was asked what his problem was and he said ‘ask her daughter’.”

From then on when the woman looked outside she would see Colquhoun staring at her from his garage.

Things stepped up a gear when the woman got on a bus and Colquhoun appeared on his bike and cycled all the way around the bus, stopping beneath the window the woman was sitting at and staring at her for three or four minutes until the bus drove off.

Even when the woman went to the cemetery to pay her respects to a lost loved one, Colquhoun was there on his bike, cycling really close to her.

It was stated Colquhoun had a learning disability.

Sheriff Christopher Shead deferred sentence for six months to March 30 next year for Colquhoun, 5/3 Breton Court, Falkirk, to be of good behaviour in that time and continue consideration for a non-harassment order.