An Aberdeenshire builder who attacked his partner – and then resumed the attack when she returned from hospital – has been fined and ordered to attend a domestic abuse programme.
Sam Reid’s victim entered her home at 3.30am on June 2 only to be grabbed and pushed to the ground.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told the woman heard a loud crack and felt immediate pain but Reid continued the assault.
He grabbed her by the throat with one hand, pushing his thumb into her windpipe.
The woman immediately drove herself to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where her arm was put in a sling.
At around 8.30am she returned to find Reid, 41, still in her bedroom.
He refused to leave and instead went for a shower.
The court was told she again asked him to leave when he got out of the bathroom but he became “immediately aggressive” and grabbed her arms.
Undeterred by her sling, he then grabbed her throat and pushed her against a wall.
The woman subsequently fled the property and phoned her sister.
Reid, of Harlaw Road, Inverurie, pleaded guilty to assaulting his partner.
Solicitor Paul Barnett said his client – soon to become a site manager – was “shocked” at his own behaviour and the crown narrative had been “difficult” for him to hear.
He added that since the offence, Reid had stopped drinking and was training for a triathlon to raise money for mental health charities.
Sheriff Philip Mann said the incident was “very serious and worrying” and ordered Reid to pay a £900 fine.
He was also ordered him to comply with a community payback order requiring him to participate in a domestic abuse programme.
