A
husband who accused his estranged wife of cheating on him took revenge
by distributing raunchy photos of her captioned 'Lock up your husbands'.
Alison
Kidd and Ian Cuthbert had been married for just six months when their
relationship fell apart, leading to the husband inflicting 'mental
abuse' on his ex-partner.
Last
September, Cuthbert, 46, put up posters of Ms Kidd on a noticeboard at
their children's primary school, as well as nailing them to trees,
sticking them on car windshields and posting them through letterboxes
around the East Craigs area of Edinburgh.
Ms Kidd was told about the posters by friends in September last year, and reported her estranged husband to police.
Cuthbert
has now pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner
by putting up the leaflets, which were prompted by allegations that Ms
Kidd was having an affair.
The mother of two, who has now filed for divorce, said her husband was 'very bitter' after she announced she was leaving him.
'It
was an extremely abusive relationship, she said. 'I'm happy to put it
behind me and try to move on with my life. It was mental abuse and a
very bad time in my life.
'I
was shocked and embarrassed by what happened, but to be honest I wasn't
surprised he did something like that. It was the sort of thing he would
do.
'He
was very bitter that I wanted to leave and he was paranoid. I
previously received a string of abusive texts and e-mails from him.
'The police told me they expect he'll get away with community sentence. I just want to make sure I never see him again.'
The couple were married at a country house hotel in March last year, but in July Ms Kidd moved out of the family home.
Cuthbert
pleaded guilty to the offence at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, and was told
by the sheriff that his actions were 'a form of assault'.
He will be sentenced at a later date, and in the mean time is banned from approaching Ms Kidd or visiting her home.
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