Arbroath man who acted aggressively towards his wife sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work

[Guest Kurt]

Arbroath man who acted aggressively towards his wife sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work

[The Librarian]

Robert Leitch had previously admitted two offences of shouting and swearing at his wife and slamming doors at their house  in November and December last year.

Forfar Sheriff Court heard that Leitch had subsequently undergone marriage counselling at the Jehovah’s Witness church he and his wife attend, and that the marriage was improving.

Sentence was initially deferred for good behaviour in relation to the November 11 offence.

However, a similar offence subsequently came to light on December 27.

Referring to this incident, depute fiscal Jill Drummond said: “The accused went to the pub which his wife wasn’t happy with.

“The accused later returned to the locus and went into the living room and gave the complainer a fright as he had opened the door causing it to bang.

“He began to rant as he opened a beer. She was worried but sat listening. He then spilt the beer and became angrier.

“The complainer realised that he wasn’t going to calm down and believed the situation would only be escalated thereafter, and so contacted police.”