A CLYDEBANK man who threatened his partner after a row over cleaning the house has been ordered to be of good behaviour.

Mark Gorman, from Vanguard Street, appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week and pleaded guilty to shouting, swearing and behaving in a threatening manner likely to cause fear and alarm.

Around 8.30am on April 29, Gorman was asleep when his partner was getting their children ready for school and she asked him to help her. He ignored her and when she returned from the school run at 9am, Gorman was still in bed.

After she asked the dad to get up and help her tidy the house, he responded angrily shouting: “I hate you, you f****** cow.” An argument started and his partner asked him to leave, and when he refused she threatened to phone the police.

As the argument died down, a neighbour called in and the two women went into the kitchen for a cup of tea.

Gorman listened in on the women discussing the argument and became angry, barging into the kitchen, shouting and swearing and telling the neighbour to leave.

The victim became distressed and phoned her sister, telling her to phone the police. While Gorman shouted: “I hate you, I can’t believe you’re getting the police.” When the police arrived, Gorman answered the door and was arrested. He told officers: “I was just angry with her, we were just arguing.” The court heard that Gorman has no previous convictions and the couple, who have been together for 10 years, have two children and were going through a “difficult patch”.

Gorman’s solicitor Tom Brown told Sheriff Turnbull that the incident “seems to be totally out of character” and a “total one off.” Sheriff Turnbull deferred sentence for Gorman to be of good behaviour until October 22.