Struggling to come to terms with the break-up of a two-year relationship, a Hawick teenager relentlessly texted his former partner.
Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Williamson of Fairhurst Drive, admitted sending text messages containing threatening and abusive remarks on various occasions between September 8 and 9, at Beanscene, Towerknowe, and Minto Place, Hawick.
“They had been in a relationship for two years and it came to an end about two weeks before,” explained procurator fiscal Graham Fraser. “A substantial number of messages were sent,” he added.
Defence solicitor Rory Bannerman said: “He had been smoking cannabis on a daily basis and was texting her relentlessly.
“This was also fuelled by alcohol, and he was having difficulty coping with the breakdown of the relationship.”
Sentence was deferred until January 23 for Williamson to be of good behaviour.