A bully who trashed his ex-partner's home, leaving rotting fish and offensive messages has been banned for contacting her.
Douglas Trotter's campaign of domestic abuse was laid bare when he was sentenced over a catalogue of vicious acts after he was dumped.
The 66-year-old, from Giffnock, hid matches in a toaster, removed screws from a table and chairs to make them dangerous, damaged clothes and vandalised her garden with nasty notes.
He also made abusive phone calls to the woman, changed the locks to her house and interfered with personal items between November 2020 and February 2021 .
An earlier hearing was told that garlic and fish were also found hidden in the property by the 43-year-old victim, who temporarily moved out of her Newton Mearns home when her relationship with Trotter broke down.
He was found guilty at Paisley Sheriff Court last month, where he returned for sentencing on Friday, and ordered to complete 240 hours of community payback and subjected to a two year non-harassment order.
Speaking after Trotter was sentenced, Anne Marie Hicks, assistant procurator fiscal for North Strathclyde said: "Douglas Trotter was found guilty of a criminally abusive course of behaviour designed to place his victim in a state of fear and distress.
"I would like to commend the victim in this case for having the courage to come forward and provide the evidence that let us hold him to account for his unacceptable behaviour.
“I encourage anyone who has been a victim of any such offences to report this to the police.
“Crown Office and Procurator Fiscals Service (COPFS) are committed to prosecuting crimes of domestic abuse effectively and appropriately, and to working with the police and our partners, to support victims through the criminal justice process."
