A drunk butcher flung a coffee machine and microwave from the window of a 16th floor flat after a breakfast-time bender.
Jevgenijs Samsonovs flung his kitchen appliances out of high rise Cornhill Court in Aberdeen on Tuesday morning after an early-morning fallout with his girlfriend.
The appliances landed with a “loud bang” on the public footpath below, prompting a startled neighbour to call the police.
Fiscal depute Rebecca Thomson told Aberdeen Sheriff Court how the 36-year-old had started drinking at 5.30am and went on to argue with his girlfriend over her working hours.
Just after 7am Samsonovs started to throw items out of the window- 16 storeys up.
Neighbours woken by falling items
“He was repeatedly shouting and swearing at her and this continued for some time,” the fiscal said. “The woman continued to get ready for work before she heard a loud crashing noise coming from the kitchen.
“At the same time, a neighbour on the same floor was awoken by the disturbance.
“She entered the kitchen and noticed that the window was open and the coffee machine was missing. Looking out of the window she saw it lying on the ground below.”
Moments later a neighbour living on the ground floor heard a “loud bang” and looked out of their window to see a microwave lying on the ground.”
Household items littering the path
Police were called and found both the kitchen appliances and a further ornament smashed to bits on the public footpath directly beneath the open window.
Samsonovs was arrested and spent the night in custody.
His defence agent Ms Baillie told the court her client was under the impression his girlfriend of just five months had been unfaithful and that’s why the argument ensued.
She said he moved to the UK from Latvia in 2010 and has worked as a butcher in Inverurie for the past five years.
Granted bail after night in cells
Samsonovs admitted a charge of culpable and reckless behaviour to the danger of the public as well as a further charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner toward his partner.
Sheriff Margaret Hodge granted him bail to a new address in the city’s Abbotswell Road and deferred sentencing until next month to allow for background reports to be prepared.
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