THREATENING and assaulting his partner in the Dunfermline home they shared – then assaulting a police officer – ended in a jail sentence for one man this week.

After the first offence, Damir Furdic, 36, had been subject to bail conditions protecting the woman, however, they were later removed.

The partner was then threatened three months later in behaviour described as "deplorable" by Sheriff James Macdonald.

Appearing for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court last Wednesday, Furdic, now of Queen Margaret Drive, Glenrothes, admitted that on June 20 last year, at a house in Dunfermline, he assaulted his partner when he placed his arms around her neck, causing her to fall to the ground.

On the same date, he resisted, obstructed and hindered police officers and, in an attempt to prevent them from removing him from the property, he removed his clothing.

On September 17, at the same house, he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner by shouting, swearing, made threats of violence to his partner and damaged chairs.

The following day at Dunfermline Police Station, he assaulted a female police officer by striking her head with his elbow.

Depute fiscal Alistair McDermott said Furdic returned home on June 20 in a bad mood and an argument started because his partner had not made lunch.

The argument escalated which led to Furdic wrapping his right arm around the woman's neck and placing her in a head lock which resulted in her falling to the ground.

"Before being arrested, he seemed to have removed his trousers and boxers and was eventually taken out to a police vehicle wrapped in a towel," added Mr McDermott.

Threats were made during the September incident after he had returned to the house under the influence of alcohol.

The day after he had been taken into custody, he was interviewed, cautioned and charged.

On hearing this, he told the officers to "f*** off" and attempted to leave the interview room unescorted. He began to struggle and lashed out with his elbow, striking one of the police officers.

Solicitor Peter Robertson said his client was trying to address his drinking. He added that he was "remorseful" for the assault on the police officer.

Sheriff Macdonald told Furdic he was "not of good character". He said: "You have previous convictions, including a prison sentence in another European country. You have a very significant record of record of previous offending."

He said the later offence included a "significant breach of trust" he had petitioned the court before it to remove a special bail condition imposed to protect his partner.

"Your conduct towards your wife while on bail on the second occasion was nothing short of deplorable," he added. "It shows complete folly of the review of the bail order which should not have occurred but hindsight is, of course, a powerful weapon.

"Your conduct towards police officers while in lawful custody and clearly in sobriety was, in my judgement, equally as deplorable.

"You provide a high risk of further offending of a violent nature and towards, in particular, domestic partners."

For the later offence, he imposed a jail sentence of 190 days.

Furdic was also placed on a community payback order with supervision for two years with requirements that he takes part in a domestic abuse group work programme and inform his supervising officer of all new intimate relationships.