A jealous cop launched a campaign of terror against a fellow officer when she dumped him after they had an affair.
Pc Deryck Cluckie, 44, was married when he began a romantic relationship with Caillie Douce, 28, who was another constable at Stranraer police station.
Cluckie became enraged when she told him the relationship was over and she started seeing another man.
The dad bombarded his ex-lover with abusive texts calling her a “skank” and threatening to kill himself if she didn’t unblock him from her phone.
He even resorted to sending her 1p payments over PayPal so he could include further messages alongside.
Terrified Caillie eventually went to police and Cluckie was charged with a stalking offence.
Cluckie remains a serving officer, but is currently the subject of a misconduct investigation by Police Scotland.
He appeared at Jedburgh Sheriff Court in the Scottish Borders on Tuesday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.
Cluckie admitted a domestic abuse charge where he engaged in an abusive course of conduct towards his ex-partner.
Fiscal depute Drew Long said the victim had been “extremely traumatised” by her ordeal.
The court heard the pair were working at the Stranraer station in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014 and started a “close intimate relationship” the following year.
Cluckie was still living with his wife and children during the affair, the court was told.
In July 2021 Caillie told her lover she no longer wanted to be in a relationship and started seeing a new partner, the court heard.
She maintained contact with Cluckie because they’d been close, but was “clear” she didn’t want it to be romantic.
The court was told Cluckie became “increasingly jealous” and, in August 2021, Caillie became “uncomfortable” with the “tone” of his texts.
Sheriff Neil Kinnear heard Cluckie twice went to Caillie’s home after being invited, but rejected his advances after he tried to kiss her.
The court was told: “She told him she didn’t want to have that kind of relationship any more and wanted to be platonic going forward.”
After the tone of the messages went unchanged, Caillie blocked his number in the September.
The court heard Cluckie began emailing her and making 1p PayPal payments to send further messages.
He threatened to kill himself unless she unblocked him and she gave in, allowing Cluckie to send her messages which were “derogatory” about her and her partner.
Cluckie called her partner an “ugly-looking Aids victim b*****d” and her a “skank”, telling her: “Away and drop your knickers for that desperate f***ing mess”.
In one incident in November 2021, Caillie felt compelled to send a photo to prove her boyfriend’s car wasn’t outside her home but, due to the “volume of messages” that Cluckie sent, she “confessed” he was there.
The court heard Cluckie sent messages threatening to kill himself and deliberately crash his car.
Caillie finally told her father about the abuse and he picked up one of Cluckie’s call, telling him to cease contact with his daughter.
After Cluckie failed to stop, Caillie reported the matter to police.
Defence agent Christopher Shaw said Cluckie, an officer for 11 years, grew to rely on Caillie as his “emotional crutch and confidant”.
Mr Shaw said Caillie “began to move on with her romantic life” and Cluckie, who was suffering from ill-health, “struggled to cope with that”.
Cluckie, who is on restricted duties with the force, admitted engaging in abusive conduct between August 1 and November 12 2021.
Sheriff Kinnear said first offender Cluckie caused the victim “considerable distress”.
The sheriff fined him £2475 and imposed a two-year non-harassment order banning him from approaching or contacting Caillie.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “We are aware of the outcome in court and this will now be considered by the Professional Standards Department for further action.”
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