A thug friend terrorizes his heavily pregnant girlfriend in a drunk Rammy at a family wedding.
Jamie McKeeve got so out of control at the bash that hotel staff had to lock him out of the building.
And the 32-year-old vandalized his girlfriend’s car when it was parked outside the Busby Hotel in Clarkston, near Glasgow.
Paisley Sheriff Court heard yesterday that he ripped the license plate off the vehicle and broke it into pieces before leaving it strewn across the ground.
The details came to light when McKeeve appeared in the dock for an investigation into the events of October 14 this year.
Jamie McKeeve got lost at a wedding last month.
(Image: Daily Record.)
He pleaded guilty to one charge of threatening or abusive conduct in breach of Section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.
Prosecutor Caitlin O’Hare said: “The defendant began telling witness Williams that he wanted to go home.
“The defendant was heavily intoxicated at the time.
“Witness Williams was sober, she had gone to the wedding because she is pregnant with the defendant’s child.
“Shortly thereafter, Miss Williams was stopped by a member of staff who asked her if it was her boyfriend who hit and damaged a car in the parking lot.
“She went outside and saw the defendant next to her car. She watched as her license plate was broken and lying on the ground.
“The defendant saw Witness Williams in the parking lot and started yelling, ‘Get in the car you fatso’.”
The case went to Paisley Sheriff Court.
She started crying and ran back to the hotel and the staff locked the doors to prevent McKeeve from getting inside.
He tried to get in through another door and started asking for the car keys, but the police came and he was arrested.
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Defense attorney Linzi Galbraith said he normally lives with his girlfriend in Renfrew but due to bail conditions with his mother in Elderslie, Renfrewshire.
She explained: “He doesn’t normally drink alcohol and was extremely drunk as a result.
“He was uncomfortable and wanted to go home, although his partner didn’t because she was having a good time.
“She is heavily pregnant and is due to give birth in two weeks.
“He has apologized profusely for the derogatory comments he made towards his partner.
“He is ashamed.”
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After hearing that he had paid for the damage to the car and that his girlfriend wanted to give their relationship another chance, Sheriff Gillian Craig was fined for the misdemeanor.
She fined him £400, reduced from £600 when he admitted his guilt, and placed him on a 12-month non-harassment order.
This means that he is forbidden from frightening, alarming or distressing her, or from damaging any property in her home.
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