Hawick 25-year-old admits being aggressive towards partner

By court reporter
Published 24th Apr 2019, 17:46 BST
Updated 24th Apr 2019, 17:49 BST
Beattie Court in Burnfoot, Hawick.Beattie Court in Burnfoot, Hawick.
Beattie Court in Burnfoot, Hawick.
Background reports have been ordered on a 25-year-old man after he admitted acting aggressively towards his partner.

Steven Gorman appeared from custody at Jedburgh Sheriff Court and pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at a house in Hawick’s Beattie Court last Tuesday.

Gorman, of Hawick, acted in an aggressive manner towards his partner and a man by shouting, punching a door, throwing a glass and causing the man and woman fear and alarm.

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Sentence was deferred until May 27 for a criminal justice social work report and restriction-of-liberty order and domestic violence programme assessments.

Gorman was released on bail with special conditions not to contact his partner or enter Boonraw Road in Hawick.