A DISPUTE over a motor car after a relationship break-up resulted in a £500 fine for a woman sending threatening calls to her ex-partner.

It was Kimberley Mollison's second conviction against the same victim and Sheriff Chris Shead said he 'very much hoped that the court would not see her again'.

Mollison, 31, previously admitted that on various occasions, between February 25 and 26, at an an address in Lochgelly, she did behave in a threatening or abusive manner, which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear and alarm in that she did persistently telephone her previous partner, and sent him text messages and leave him voicemail messages that were of a threatening nature.

At Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Wednesday, depute fiscal, Alastair Shaw, said: "The accused contacted the complainer from a withheld number at least 13 times and left five voicemails.

"The complainer got in touch with Ms Mollison to tell her to stop pestering him but after a while another another voicemail was left."

In the voicemail Mollison said she was 'going to destroy' the complainer and that he better 'watch this space'. In another voicemail she made further threats saying 'you're a dead man walking' and 'you're going to wish you were not born'.

Defence solicitor, Stephen Morrison, said: "Ms Mollison knows two wrongs do not make a right but as background she received a small amount of inheritance from her late mother. She bought a car with this money and her ex-partner did not return the motor after their break-up.

"She was in a emotional state caused by the loss of her mother but is now perusing a civil claim through the proper procedures."