A LOCHORE man threw a table off his former partner aggrieved that she was going to see another man.

James Donnelly and the woman left her address at around 11am to go to the accused's and picked up alcohol on the way.

While in the house the pair consumed alcohol throughout the day and night, leaving intermediately to get more booze.

At around 9pm another witness left the address and the woman also decided to leave to go and see her new partner.

Donnelly became aggressive and went to grab the woman. A struggled ensued between them.

He started to smash property in the locus and threw a table.

The woman was frightened by the accused but managed to escape through a window and made off to her new partner's address where she called the police.

Donnelly, 59, of Montrose Crescent, previously admitted that on October 14 at his home address, he did assault his former partner and did seize her by the throat, hold her against a wall there, throw her to the ground, seize her by the throat again and compress same, repeatedly bite her on the body and throw a table at her to her injury, and did commit this offence while having been granted bail on April 19.

Also, he did behave in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm in that he did repeatedly shout, swear and cause damage to household fixtures and fitting within said premises, and struggle with his ex-partner.

Defence solicitor, Alexander Flett said: "The property was of course is his own. He had been in a relationship with the woman at some point, but she had begun a relationship with another person.

"It has been described as an on/off relationship with the new partner.

"His description of what happened is different to the complainer's but accepts that there was an argument.

"Mr Donnelly had cuts to the top of his head.

"When in custody he realised that this is not a positive relationship.

"If there are further conflicts he will be arrested and will have to come to court.

"His intention is to stay away from her."

Donnelly was placed on a community payback order with 120 hours of unpaid work.