NORTH-EAST MAN WHO KICKED PREGNANT WIFE IN STOMACH JAILED
A north-east man who kicked his pregnant wife in the stomach has been jailed for almost four years.William Scougall, 40, committed the shocking act as part of a campaign of violence spanning years.
And yesterday at Aberdeen Sheriff Court Sheriff Graeme Napier slammed Scougall’s behaviour as “appalling” and ordered him to be caged for a total of 47 months.
He also imposed a 12-month supervised release order and granted five-year non-harassment orders in relation to two of Scougall’s exes.
Depute fiscal Colin Neilson previously told the court that in April 2009 Scougall’s wife was three months pregnant when he “pinned her to the bed”, spat in her face and “tried to drag her on to the floor”.
The accused then raised a foot and kicked her stomach three or four times.
“She shouted repeatedly, ‘stop it, remember I’m pregnant’.” Scougall pled guilty to assault over that incident at an earlier hearing.
