A domestic abuser has avoided a prison sentence after he climbed through his partner’s bathroom window and told her he “hoped she died”.
Nicholas Lambert, 30, appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and admitted carrying out a “frightening incident” against his girlfriend after she’d locked him out of a house in Dyce.
Lambert then went to the bathroom window and ripped it open before climbing inside and continuing the verbally assault on the woman.
The court heard that Lambert told her he had pictures and videos of her he would disclose to her family.
He also called her a “rat” and said he “hoped she died”.
Lambert’s actions were described by a sheriff as “quite simply disgraceful”.
Accused pulled window so hard its hinge buckled
Fiscal depute Alan Townsend said at around 8pm on May 10 this year the couple had been arguing in the kitchen when Lambert’s partner told him she wanted him to leave.
As Lambert packed a bag and took some of his belongings to his car the woman locked him out of the house.
“The accused was shouting for her to open the door and the argument became heated – this was witnessed by a neighbour,” he said.
“The complainer said that she would pass the accused his items through the bathroom window – he said he didn’t want this.
“The accused forcibly pulled at the window, so much so that the hinge buckled.
“He then climbed into the bathroom through the window and stood face-to-face with the complainer.”
Lambert then threatened his partner by telling her he had images and videos of her he would share with her family members.
He then called her “a rat” and said she was “unstable” and that “he hoped she died”.
Lambert pleaded guilty to one charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and a second charge of wilfully or recklessly damaging property by wrenching a bathroom window open.
‘Not how you would expect someone of his age to be acting’
Defence agent Stuart Murray told the court that his client had shown “genuine remorse” for his actions that night.
He added: “This incident appears to have been a wake-up call to Mr Lambert.
“Clearly the court will have some serious concerns about his ability to control his temper.
“He’s still a relatively young man at 30 years of age but this is not how you would expect someone of his age to be acting.”
Sheriff Graham Buchanan said Lambert’s conduct “was obviously a frightening incident” for his partner.
He added: “She was sufficiently alarmed to lock you out of the house and thereafter your behaviour was quite simply disgraceful.”
As an alternative to a custodial sentence, Sheriff Buchanan handed Lambert, of Belmuir Gardens, Dyce, to a community payback order with supervision for 12 months.
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