A domestic abuser has been handed a supervision order after stabbing a hole in a bathroom door in a horrifying Shining-style attack.
Wayne Clark’s terrified wife cowered inside the bathroom as he battered the locked door with his hand and a knife, eventually stabbing a hole in it.
Clark also threw dinner plates and a glass at the woman and fell out of his wheelchair in the course of a struggle.
The 54-year-old previously admitted a string of offences and has now appeared back at Aberdeen Sheriff Court to be sentenced.
Defence agent Chris Maitland said: “The parties are no longer together. Divorce proceedings have started.
‘Your behaviour can only be described as absolutely appalling’
“He has just one previous conviction.”
Mr Maitland argued there was a suitable alternative to a prison sentence and said supervision and the Caledonian programme for domestic abusers would be beneficial.
Sheriff Graham Buchanan told Clark, of Powis Place, Aberdeen: “These incidents became progressively more serious until they reached the point where your behaviour can only be described as absolutely appalling and very frightening.
“I see you nodding and accepting that.
‘Punched her to the face, causing her nose to bleed’
“I see you were remorseful when discussing these matters with the author of the social work report.”
He ordered Clark to be supervised for two years and complete the Caledonian programme as an alternative to a custodial sentence.
The sheriff also imposed a five-year non-harassment order.
Clark had pled guilty to two domestic charges of assault to injury, a separate charge of assault, two charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and three breaches of bail orders.
Fiscal depute Tom Proctor previously told the court that between March 24 and May 15 this year Clark carried out a series of violent attacks upon his former partner at an address in Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.
He stated that Clark challenged the woman after becoming suspicious she was having an affair with another man.
Mr Proctor said that during the afternoon of March 24 Clark began shouting at the woman after seeing her on her mobile phone earlier in the day.
“He threw two dinner plates and a glass tumbler at her,” he said. “At that point, he then punched the complainer to the face.”
‘I never had a hammer, it was the orange handled knife’
On May 15, the fiscal depute told the court that Clark saw a message appear on his partner’s phone and demanded to know who it was from.
“He began shouting and, as she ran to the bathroom, he punched her to the face, causing her nose to bleed.
“She then locked herself in the bathroom. The accused took possession of a large kitchen knife and stabbed a large hole in the door, which caused damage to the bathroom door.”
During a call to police, a Police Scotland call handler reported hearing Clark state that he was going to “kill” the woman.
When officers turned up at the address they saw the damage to the bathroom door and assumed it had been done with a hammer.
However, Clark told them: “I never had a hammer, it was the orange handled knife. It’s in the back room.”
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