A MAN who represented himself in court because he just wanted the case done has been told to seek legal advice after pleading guilty to assault.

William Duncan appeared at Alloa Sheriff Court last Thursday and admitted the three charges which took place on May 4 and 5.

Susannah Hutchison, prosecuting, told the court that Duncan and the complainer had been in a relationship for 11 years, but split up a year ago and had a daughter together.

Ms Hutchison said that on May 4 the complainer received texts from the accused which became abusive and contained threats. A friend attended the complainer’s house and saw the texts.

The next day on May 5, Duncan phoned and said that he would come to the house and that he was going “to kill” the complainer’s friend – a male.

Ms Hutchison continued: “The complainer, at her address on Southcroft, Alva, heard loud knocking and the accused shouting and calling [the friend] a sh***bag.

“The complainer then told him to get away from the door, to which the accused responded: ‘It is only a matter of time. You’ll regret everything when I am done’.”

The accused then returned to the address later that day and was shouting for the friend to come outside which he did with the complainer.

Duncan approached the friend and struck him on the body and they both fell to the ground before the complainer and a passer-by stepped in between them.

The accused was then heard to say: “This is not over,” at which point the police were called.

Duncan, who chose not to have representation in court, told Sheriff David Mackie that he “just wants to draw a line under” the incident.

He confirmed that the incident and anger he felt was a result of a feud regarding the couple’s daughter.

“I’ve not been in the right headspace in the last 12 months, but I am making steps with that,” the 27-year-old contracts manager said.

Sheriff Mackie told Duncan, of Shillinghill, Tillicoultry, that he would seriously advise hiring a lawyer who can better word the issues that he has been working on in the last 12 months.

Sentence was deferred for a period of three months.