A MAN who repeatedly turned up at his ex's home also threatened to trash her house. 

Douglas Livingstone, of Crescent Court, Clydebank, previously pleaded guilty to repeatedly contacting the woman through calls and texts, repeatedly turning up her home, striking a door, demanding entry and uttering offensive remarks.

The 36-year-old also approached her in a public place, attempted to engage in conversation, shouted and swore at her, and repeatedly demanded the return of a phone.

He also uttered threats of violence and posted hand-written notes through her letter box.

The crime was aggravated by being against a partner or ex.

At Dumbarton Sheriff Court on August 20, fiscal depute Megan Dow said Livingstone used two phones to try to contact the woman.

Comments included, "you better give me my stuff back" and "I'll trash your house". Notes called her "thief" and "f***ing sl*g".

Sheriff Maxwell Hendry said: "He was demanding his phone back but had two other phones?"

He said the Crown's narrative was different from the picture painted in the report on Livingstone by social workers. It included a comment: "I love her to bits, she's a wee soul."

The sheriff called it "extreme minimisation".

"I'm suggesting he is not accepting blame himself," added Sheriff Hendry.

Defence solicitor Michael Sweeney said: "He is quite clear what he has pleaded guilty to. He accepts he behaved in this manner and ought not to have done so.

"Perhaps not much more can be said."

The phone had been recently gifted, he said.

Sheriff Hendry said: "I hope in the cold light of day you recognise you had simply crossed the line of what was acceptable. There is always available to us a choice of how to deal with a situation."

In a direct alternative to custody, the sheriff imposed a curfew from 8pm to 6.30am every day for four months.

No non-harassment order was imposed that would have prevented any contact with the woman.