A man who seriously assaulted his partner and her teenage daughter in two separate incidents 14 years apart escaped a jail sentence.
Kevin Dye, 51, of Fullarton Street, attacked the girl, who was 18 or 19 at the time, at a house in Dundee during 2000, repeatedly punching her on the head to her injury.
Then in March last year, he caused severe injury to the girl’s mother after throwing a wine bottle which smashed on the ground, resulting in her receiving cuts to her hands and face after a struggle on the ground.
Depute fiscal Eilidh Robertson told the court in the first incident he punched the girl repeatedly, knocking her to the ground after she intervened to help her mother during an altercation between the couple, then punched her again.
On March 29 last year, at the same house, he assaulted his partner, causing her to sustain several cuts to her hands and face.
The fiscal said: “The complainer is 62. They have been in a 15-year relationship which the complainer described as being turbulent.
“One of his previous convictions was for assaulting her and alcohol has played a large part in his behaviour towards her.
“In the previous incident in 2000 her daughter went to her assistance during an argument, the accused punched her twice on the face causing her to fall to the ground and he punched her once again, causing a black eye.
“The totally unprovoked attack was only reported on March 29 2014,” the fiscal told the court.
“In the second incident, at 7pm, an argument ensued about another man and the accused picked up an empty wine bottle and threw it at her, it missed but smashed on the floor.
“As she bent down to pick it up, he lunged at her and struggled on the floor, he hit her on the head and body.”
The victim was unable to say whether or not he had struck her with the bottle or glass and the next thing she knew she woke up in hospital.
The accused’s son had received two calls from his father around 10pm and he could hear the accused shouting and swearing and his partner screaming for help, the fiscal continued.
Police arrived to find the woman lying on the floor, covered in blood.
Solicitor John Boyle told the court Dye had contacted the ambulance himself when he saw the blood.
“He has difficulties with alcohol, coping with stress and was on anti-depressants,” he said.
“He has taken steps to address his alcohol problem.”
Sheriff Carmichael said: “This was a serious assault on your partner as a result of which she was caused serious injury.”
He said, however, a positive social work report meant he could impose a community payback order of 18 months, with 200 hours of unpaid work, under supervision.