A HABITUAL criminal who terrorised his ex at a house in Rosneath has been ordered to stay away from her for three years.

Kyle McCreadie, 23, was sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to shouting, swearing and threatening his former partner with violence at a property in Silverhills in the village on December 12.

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McCreadie, now living in the Faifley area of Clydebank, admitted acting in an aggressive manner and putting his partner into a state of fear and alarm.

He repeatedly phoned her and made threats of violence towards both her and her mother.

Sheriff Maxwell Hendry admitted he had “lost track of the number of times” McCreadie had appeared before him, including for repeatedly breaching court orders.

But on February 6 he gave him another chance by handing him a community payback order.

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Sheriff Hendry told McCreadie: “You keep appearing in court and you keep committing criminal offences.

“I’m giving you the chance, whether deserved or not. I’m giving you the chance that living like that is not something you want to continue.”

The court imposed a non-harassment order to protect McCreadie’s victim for the next three years.

McCreadie will also be under the supervision of social workers for two years and must take part in the Pair programme, for those convicted of domestic violence, to curb his abusive behaviour.

He will also have to do 175 hours of unpaid work in the community within nine months.