AN EAST Lothian man was jailed for five months on Tuesday for assaulting his ex-partner in an Oban hotel, before threatening to throw himself off a pier, wasting hours of the emergency services’ time.
Ryan Gillies, 20, of 41 Muirfield Gardens, Gullane, pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or aggressive manner at the Oban hotel on September 20, 2017, by shouting and swearing at his former partner, calling her derogatory names, ripping his shirt, punching a wall, threatening to harm himself, preventing her from leaving and of assaulting her by pushing her onto a bed and repeatedly slapping her.
He also admitted then repeatedly threatening to jump from the pier, shouting and swearing, and causing the attendance of the fire, ambulance and police services and the Coastguard while negotiations continued for a prolonged period, all while he was on bail.