REPORTS have been ordered into a 33-year-old man who admitted stalking a former partner and behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards her.
Michael Hall pleaded guilty to causing the woman fear and alarm at a house in the Borders and elsewhere between August 2022, and January this year by repeatedly sending her messages, sometimes 100 messages a day, which were offensive and derogatory in their terms.
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He also admitted behaving in a threatening manner on January 10 this year by repeatedly striking the door of her property and shouting abuse through the letter box.
Sentence was deferred at Jedburgh Sheriff Court until May 9 for the production of a Criminal Justice Social Work Report and a Restriction of Liberty Order assessment.
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