William Wallace assaulted partner at Wemyss Bay Holiday Park

The 29-year-old has been sentenced to a night-time curfew after he admitted to attacking and injuring the woman at the Wemyss Bay caravan park on July 13 last year.

Wallace also swung a bag filled with clothes at the complainer and snatched her mobile phone from her hand - after grabbing her by the thumb - as she tried to call emergency services.

Greenock Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday that Wallace is already subject to a community payback order for a separate crime elsewhere, for which he is currently attending the Caledonian programme aimed at rehabilitating repeat domestic offenders.

This week's hearing was told that Wallace and the victim, who arrived at the caravan park for a holiday days before the violent incident last year, got into an argument which escalated before he was asked to leave.

A prosecutor told the court: "He refused and entered the kitchen, emptied the contents of a bin bag then packed clothes in the bag.

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"The complainer once again asked him to leave.

"He grabbed her then there was a short struggle between them and they both fell to the floor."

Wallace left the caravan and the woman locked the front door before dialling 999.

The procurator fiscal depute said that officers arrived but the woman did not wish to speak about the incident as "she thought all was well".

However, Wallace returned and began arguing again.

The fiscal depute said: "He was asked to leave again and at that time he stood up, grabbed the plastic bag with the clothes in it and swung it towards the complainer.

Greenock Sheriff Court (Image: NQ)

"She managed to grab it causing the items within to fall to the floor.

"She went to pick up her phone from the kitchen counter to call police, dialled 999 then turned around with the phone in her hand. He tried to grab it from her causing her to fall onto the couch.

"The accused was still trying to take the phone from her."

"He then grabbed her right thumb and pulled on it.

"They struggled over the phone and he ripped it from her hand. As he did that he scratched her hand between her thumb and her fore finger."

Police returned to the site and Wallace was later arrested after being traced in the reception area of the caravan park.

Wemyss Bay Holiday Park (Image: Street View)

Sheriff Euan Cameron described Wallace, from Glasgow, as a 'serial domestic abuser' and said that he was 'not optimistic that he is the type of man who can refrain' from similar offending in the future.

Wallace, represented by solicitor Gerry Keenan, had a not guilty plea accepted to a second charge of threatening and abusive behaviour towards the woman on the same date.

A six-month electronic tagging order was imposed with a night-time curfew, along with a four-year non-harassment order.