Clydebank abuser threatened to cut woman's tongue out

David Stewart pleaded guilty to abuse stretching from 2007 at properties in Clydebank and Milton.

The 43-year-old appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on May 6, facing three pages of allegations.

Between December 2010 and March 2022, he repeatedly contacted the first ex, by text and email despite being asked to stop. He shouted, swore, uttered threats and abusive remarks. And he repeatedly turned up at her home.

He assaulted the woman in 2007, seizing her by the neck, compressing it and causing her breathing to be restricted.

Between October 2011 and October 2013, he assaulted a child, seizing them by the body and forcibly dragging them from school, pursuing them, seizing them by the arm and throwing them into a bedroom, refusing to allow them to leave.

Then, between December 2013 and December 2015, Stewart was abusive to a second partner.

He repeatedly shouted and swore at her, made derogatory remarks about her appearance and clothing, demanded to know her whereabouts and demanded photo proof of where she was.

And he attended her home without invitation and demanded entry, striking windows and threatening to smash them. He accused her of infidelity, repeatedly contacting her by phone, text and email.

He brandished a knife at her and threatened to cut her tongue out.

Stewart also entered her home, then locked the door to prevent entry. He threatened he would kill himself.

Then on February 2, 2014, he assaulted the second partner, seizing her by the head and covering her mouth and nose, restricting her breathing.

He pleaded guilty at Dumbarton Sheriff Court (Image: Newsquest)

Prosecutors accepted Stewart, a prisoner at Barlinnie, was not guilty of a number of other charges.

He had allegedly subjected the first ex to shouting, swearing, and derogatory remarks between 2001 and 2010. He was also accused of taking her birth control medication and hiding it.

Stewart was also cleared of repeatedly contacting that ex between October and December 2010 when asked not to. He allegedly uttered threats and repeatedly attended her home when asked not to.

Prosecutors accepted he was not guilty of stealing a laptop belonging to the ex in 2007 in Clydebank.

And he was not guilty of a charge related to ill-treatment, neglect and exposing a child to his abusive behaviour towards their mother, his first partner. He allegedly exposed her to his aggressive behaviour to the second partner on January 1, 2009.

One detail claimed he forced the child to sit in a chair while threatening them with violence.

And between October 2025 and January 2026, while a prisoner at Barlinnie, he allegedly sent a letter to a child and requested contact with their mother, his first ex and victim.

The Crown accepted not guilty pleas to all those charges.

Sheriff John McElroy KC deferred sentence for reports to be prepared on June 16.