A woman threw stones through her ex’s kitchen window after going round to see him but discovering he wasn’t there.
Carrie Findlay rattled the letter box, rang the buzzer and banged on windows before resorting to the extreme method of gaining access to her former partner’s home in Inverurie.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard differing accounts of whether or not the 20-year-old had been invited to the address or not.
Fiscal depute David Rodger said: “On the evening of July 29, the complainer was within his home address preparing to go out.
“At about 11.55pm, the complainer received a phone call from the accused via Facebook Messenger.
‘She waited around for some considerable time’
“He answered the call and the accused sounded highly intoxicated and asked the complainer to meet her at a local bar however he declined this and the call ended.”
The man then went out as planned, but at 1am on July 30 a neighbour heard a noise like a letter box rattling and looked outside to see Findlay standing outside the man’s door.
Another neighbour was then woken by the sound of a door buzzer but on opening the door found no one there.
He then heard banging at the rear of the building and walked round to find Findlay banging on her ex’s window with her hand.
Around half an hour later the witness heard the sound of glass smashing and phoned the police.
Officers attended and found the kitchen window smashed and Findlay inside.
Findlay admitted a charge of vandalism by throwing a stone at two windows, causing them to break.
Defence agent Iain McGregor said his client had been in a “short-lived” relationship with the man.
‘She has no intention of attempting to rekindle the relationship’
He added that, contrary to the Crown narrative, Findlay had been invited to the address by her ex-partner.
Mr McGregor said: “Her position is she arrives there, the complainer is not present and she waited around for some considerable time.
“She began banging on windows and one of the windows was smashed at that point.
“She also accepts she was, to some extent, under the influence of alcohol.
“She has no intention of attempting to rekindle the relationship.”
Sheriff Lesley Johnston fined Findlay, of Whiterashes, £210.
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