A Kirriemuir “pest” who bombarded a former partner with more than 20 phonecalls in the early hours of the morning made a public apology when he appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court.
Gavin Hislop, 26, of Douglas Street, admitted that on February 5 he behaved in manner likely to cause fear or alarm by repeatedly telephoning his ex-partner and refused to stop when asked to do so.
He demanded to know if she had someone within her home and arrived at her property uninvited, repeatedly knocked at the door and shouted and swore at the woman.
Depute fiscal Nicola Gillespie said the relationship with Hislop’s former partner ended in October last year though they maintained contact through texts and phonecalls.
“The accused had asked if they could rekindle the relationship but she didn’t want that and had since started a new relationship,” she said.
“On the date in question she was watching a film with her new partner at 1.30am when she received a call from the accused. She ignored it but he called again three minutes later and she decided to answer it.
“The accused asked if she had anyone in the property. She said no and terminated the call. Shortly afterwards the landline began to ring. She ignored it.
“She received a further five phonecalls to the landline and 13 calls to her mobile from a withheld number.
“She then received another call from the accused’s number which she answered and told him to leave her alone.”
However Hislop then turned up at the woman’s door. He was refused entry by the woman who then called the police.
Representing himself in court, Hislop said: “I know I was wrong. I should never had done it. I haven’t been in contact since and won’t be again. I just want to get past this and move on.”
Sheriff Di Emidio deferred sentence for four months for Hislop to be of good behaviour.
He said: “You have no previous record for this sort of thing but you made a pest of yourself on this evening, as you acknowledge.
“I want to make sure there is no repetition of this sort of incident.”
