A 34-year-old man who threatened his ex-partner that he was going to smash her face in after just being released from prison has been jailed for 130 days at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

Michael Hawthorne was at the home of the mother of his former girlfriend in Talisman Avenue, Galashiels, during the early hours of Saturday morning when he made the threat.

The court heard he had only been let out of prison on the Friday and had a 70-day unexpired sentence.

He met his ex's mother Donna Baxter in Galashiels and after he told her he was going to be homeless she allowed him to stay at her home.

Defence lawyer Ross Dow said Hawthorne tried to clear the air and it was decided to telephone his former partner Jemma Baxter at 2am after alcohol had been consumed.

The call was on loud speaker when Hawthorne made the threat that "he was going to smash her face in".

Mr Dow added it was an empty threat.

Sheriff McIntyre told Hawthorne he would need to go back and serve the 70 days of unexpired sentence and also added another two months rounding it up to 130 days.