A ROSYTH man repeatedly harassed his ex-girlfriend for two months when he couldn’t accept that their relationship was over.

Jamie Ashmore, 20, of Laurel Road, turned up at social events when she was out with her friends and when she was going to work and threatened to harm himself if she didn’t go back to him.

At Dunfermline Sheriff Court, he previously admitted that on various occasions between October 1, 2017 and December 1, 2017, in Rosyth, McDonald's restaurant in South Queensferry and elsewhere in Fife, he engaged in a course of conduct which caused his former partner fear or alarm.

He admitted repeatedly attending at her home address uninvited, loitering there and threatening to harm himself if she refused to enter into a relationship with him, in the knowledge that wasn't what she wanted.

The court heard that the relationship had ended last year and that on one occasion she was out with her friends, he tried to give her a Christmas present.

Thinking it was a rather early present, she refused to take it and Ashmore made some comments about self harming.

On November 13 the complainer pulled up on to the driveway of her friend's house when he approached her car window.

She would not get out the car and he was asked to leave.

On another date she was on her way to work when she saw Ashmore. He told her he was there to see her and could not cope with their separation.

He said he was going to jump off the flyover they were standing near and questioned the woman over the future of their relationship.

His ex-girlfriend phoned her parents but he would not let her leave.

The complainer later contacted the police and Ashmore was arrested.

Deputy fiscal Azrah Yousaf asked that a non-harassment order be made with the condition that Ashmore did not approach the victim.

However, defence solicitor Ian Beatson said that the complainer wanted the conditions to be removed and that the couple had reconciled.

“They have now resumed their relationship," he said. “They were going through a difficult period.

“Her parents did not approve of him or the relationship.”

Mr Beatson also said his client was struggling with mental health issues.

Ms Yousaf told the court that although the complainer had told police that she wanted the conditions of no contact to be removed, officers believed that she was very vulnerable and it would not be in her best interests.

Sheriff Craig McSherry decided not to impose a non-harassment order. He placed Ashmore on a community payback order with two years supervision and a requirement that he attend a domestic abuse group work programme.