A MAN left his then partner stranded at a holiday park near Ayr without a car or a way back home during a five-year campaign of abuse.

Richard Welsh left the woman behind after storming off following an argument at the Sundrum Castle holiday park near Coylton.

Welsh had previously pleaded guilty to sending abusive and threatening messages and throwing objects at the woman on a regular basis.

The 47-year-old is currently living in Rosevale Terrace, Edinburgh, because his victim remains in their former home in Dumbarton, which Welsh wholly owns.

The couple are no longer together.

Fiscal depute Charis Jackson said the couple had been in a relationship for 11 years, but that there had been "numerous incidents" since 2019.

Welsh would refer to her as a "madam in a whore house" and other comments.

He worked as a lorry driver and while he was away, he would block his wife's number, leaving email as the only way she could contact him.

She would get messages with terms such as "fat c**t". On a daily basis, he would called her "fat lazy b*****d" or "fat lazy c**t".

The woman would take videos and recordings of his behaviour, capturing him shouting at her at home or throwing TV remotes.

"He would often put her down and say she was his property," said the prosecutor.

"He also made comments that he could pay someone £1,000 to get rid of her.

"He continued to tell her she had no keys to the house because it was under his name."

And Welsh would often say "he would rather it burn down" than let her have the property.

There were numerous times when he would throw household items, such as a plate, at her.

The pair went on holiday to Sundrum Castle in October 2022, but at around 11am an argument broke out between them and Welsh threw a boot that struck the woman in the face.

Welsh then packed his belongings and left.

His partner pleaded with him to return as she had no transport and she was stranded, but he refused.

On April 4, 2024, around 4.30pm, another argument broke out and descended to him calling her a "fat cow".

By 9.30pm, he sent a text saying he was kicking her sons out of the home the next morning. The woman then reported his behaviour to police.

He was arrested on April 13.

He later pleaded guilty to engaging in a course of behaviour which was abusive to his partner between April 1, 2019 and April 8, 2024 at the holiday park and a property in Dumbarton.

Welsh uttered threatening and abusive remarks, sent threatening and abusive emails, text messages and social media posts and voice records, slammed doors, threw money, crockery, a deodorant can and footwear, left her stranded at the holiday park and threatened to evict her children from their home.

Defence solicitor Stephen McGuire said there were arguments " back and forth" for as long as the couple had been together.

He said comments by his client to social workers "come across as victim blaming and denial" but he "knows it's disgraceful".

Mr McGuire said Welsh could have reported his ex, but didn't. She did.

The property is a particular issue, he said, adding: "It's his house, long before they met. She lives in the house rent free, not contributing to bills. She has no claim to the property.

"She doesn't want to move. He wants to return. At the moment, he is staying at a property in Edinburgh.

"That's not a long-term option.

"I acknowledge the serious nature of the offending. It was against a background of a relationship that had its problems.

"The relationship is over."

Sheriff James Mulgrew said: "The offending is severe and made all the worse because you have a previous conviction, albeit of a different nature, with the same complainer."

He imposed a community payback order requiring Welsh to do 160 hours of unpaid work in the community within 12 months.

A non-harassment order was imposed banning him from any contact with his ex for three years.