Deferred sentence in Rasputin case

A man who brandished a knife at his ex-partner’s lover on New Year’s Day has had sentence deferred.

Juri Rasputin, 35, of Buttars Loan, had been in a relationship with Olga Ivanova for five years and the pair had a daughter together.

The relationship between the two ended in November 2015, and on December 4 that year he threatened to kill Ms Ivanova.

On January 1 this year, around 3.30am, Rasputin brandished a knife at her new partner, Byron Young, at her Lilybank Terrace home, while on bail.

Rasputin arrived at the address unannounced, with a small kitchen knife in his hand, and lunged at Young, before being forced out of the house.

He admitted the offence and Sheriff Alastair Brown deferred sentence until January 10.