An “immature” teenager kicked over his ex-girlfriend’s TV when she wouldn’t take him back.
Jack Robinson, 19, appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and admitted turning up drunk at his former partner’s home at 1am and professing his undying love.
However, when the woman told him to go away he kicked over her TV and knocked a glass unit to the ground.
Both items smashed and were unable to be repaired as a result of Robinson’s behaviour.
His solicitor told the court Robinson accepted he had acted “immaturely”.
Robinson pleaded guilty to one charge of acting in a threatening or abusive manner and another of causing reckless damage by smashing a glass unit and TV.
Accused kicked furniture after being told to ‘go home’
Fiscal depute Kiril Bonavino told the court that Robinson turned up drunk at his former partner’s flat on Urquhart Road in Aberdeen in the early hours of February 2 this year.
He said: “The witness looked outside her window and saw the accused at the entrance door.
“At the time she was on the telephone and told her friend the accused was outside and she would have to go to let him into the property.
“The accused appeared to be intoxicated and he and the complainer went into the living room and told her he did not want her to be in a relationship with another man.
“She refused his suggestion and told the accused to go home.”
Robinson approached the woman as she sat on the sofa and placed his hands on her shoulders and tried to pull her up onto her feet.
He then started shouting loudly that he wanted her to come with him, causing the woman to become frightened.
The woman moved her shoulders out of Robinson’s grip and he turned around and kicked her television causing it to fall back and smash.
He then booted the glass unit, which “smashed into pieces”, Mr Bonavino said.
Robinson then fled the scene and was later picked up by police.
The damage caused by the teenager totalled £100 for the broken television and £40 for the destroyed glass unit.
‘We don’t want to keep seeing you in this court’
Defence agent Stuart Murray told the court that Robinson accepted that he had acted “immaturely” but that it “doesn’t mean he has been without his troubles”.
He said: “At the time he felt he was acting in the best interests of the complainer, but on arriving his behaviour changed substantially.
“He accepts responsibility for his actions and wants to avoid going down the road of constantly being in court.”
Sheriff Lesley Johnstone told Robinson that he did have similar previous convictions but noted he was only 19-years-old.
She added: “We don’t want to keep seeing you in this court.”
Sheriff Johnston sentenced Robinson, of Don Street, Aberdeen, to a community payback order with 90 hours of unpaid work.
She also fined him £100 and put a non-harassment order in place meaning he cannot approach the woman for one year.
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