33-year-old turned up at her home with a knife
A Douglas man who sent his ex-partner a message saying he wanted to hurt her – before turning up at her house with a knife – will be sentenced in December.
Nathan Issac Holliday, of Clifton Terrace, sent the woman a series of abusive voice messages over WhatsApp in the early hours of 4 November.
The 33-year-old made threats including: “I want to smash your face in” and “I’m going to hurt you” – later that day he went to her property with a Stanley knife and began making further threats.
Holliday later admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour and sending offensive messages.
At Douglas Courthouse a probation officer told the court Holliday was ‘clearly a man who struggles with his relationship with alcohol’ adding: “He accepts he has acted in an appalling way.”
A social enquiry report has been requested before Holliday is sentenced on 20 December – he’s been bailed until that date.
The smartphone Christmas present dilemma
"Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital is not at risk of closure"
Douglas Council to sell 35 social housing properties to the private market
New public sector rent system provides certainty for local authorities, says minister
