A vile bully smashed an egg over a pregnant woman’s head and tipped food over her during a campaign of abuse spanning nearly three months.
Scott Kidd was also seen defecating into a box and flinging it over her, as he systematically degraded his vulnerable victim.
Kidd, 29, was acting as the woman’s carer, but had left her isolated by taking away her phone and bank cards.
Fiscal depute Sarah Wilkinson told Dundee Sheriff Court: “The complainer is vulnerable as she has ADHD, epilepsy, depression and learning difficulties.
“She met the accused through friends. Towards the end of May 2021 the accused attended her home and was looking for somewhere to stay.
“She told him he could live with her. He said he would help with her care. He became her carer and got carer’s allowance. He took her bank cards and controlled her finances.”
‘This is for not bathing’
Ms Wilkinson said: “He took her bus pass and mobile phone. For two months he regularly made derogatory remarks, calling her a whore, prostitute, slapper, slut and mink.
“He would shout and swear at her daily and call her names in front of visitors. He said she needed to have a shower and she felt degraded by comments about her hygiene.
“He threw a pot of food over her and said it was because she had not bathed for days. She went for a bath to clean up,” the fiscal depute told the court.
She said another man was smoking outside when he saw Kidd defecating in a box, before saying “watch this” and going back into the property.
Kidd was heard to say “this is for not bathing” before he hurled the faeces at the woman. She was heard to shriek and scream: “Yeuch, what’s this?”
Kidd came back outside and bragged to the witness about what he had done before going on to damage a number of items in the property.
“He tried to write something on her forehead,” the fiscal depute said. “He smashed an egg over her head.” Kidd told her he would run her out of Brechin and Scotland.
Drug misuse
The matter eventually got reported to police after the victim confided in her support worker about the weeks of abuse she had been subjected to.
Kidd handed the house keys to a neighbour and when the property was opened up it was revealed that he had caused extensive damage throughout.
“There was damage to the walls and doors and there was paint on the carpets. There was broken furniture and windows.”
Solicitor David Bell, defending, said: “At the time he was heavily involved in drug misuse. They were never in an intimate relationship and seemed to briefly be friends.”
Kidd, from Montrose, admitted engaging in a course of conduct which caused his pregnant victim fear or alarm between May 1 and July 16, 2021.
He admitted calling her names, threatening her with violence, trashing her home, taking her bank card and controlling her finances and taking her phone and bus pass.
He admitted throwing a pot of food over her, defecating in a container and hurling it at her in a bath, smashing an egg over her head and trying to write on her with a pen.
Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown deferred sentence for social work and restriction of liberty order reports and his bail was continued.
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