A GREENOCK man has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after ‘losing his temper’ and subjecting his former partner to derogatory abuse.

Gary Gilmour, 30, appeared at Greenock Sheriff Court on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at the woman’s home in the town on November 27 last year.

He attended the property at around 10:30pm and began shouting, swearing and uttering derogatory remarks about her.

The court heard that the pair had been out ‘for most of the day’ and had both consumed alcohol.

When the woman arrived home, Gilmour turned up and began to shout her name.

Fiscal depute Joanne Gilmour said: “She didn’t want to see him and told him to wait and come back when he was sober.”

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Gilmour then directed abusive language towards the complainer, with police then being contacted.

Ms Gilmour added: “The following day, police went to the accused’s home address.

“He was cautioned and charged to which he made no reply.”

Defence solicitor Gerry Keenan told the court that his client had been in a ‘short lived’ relationship with the woman.

Mr Keenan said: “Drink had been taken by both parties and in the course of the day they fell out.

"His personal effects remained in the house. That was his primary reason for attending there.

“I’m afraid he lost his temper.”

Sheriff James Varney ordered Gilmour to complete a total of 72 hours in unpaid work within six months.

This was discounted from 80 hours for the timing of his plea.

Gilmour, of Nairn Road, was also made subject to a nine-month non-harassment order, forbidding him from approaching or contacting the woman.