No plea over assault charges

A THIRTY four year old man from Scalloway has appeared in court accused of assaulting a woman while she was holding their baby daughter.

Robert Tungatt, of the village’s Blydoit Park, had his case continued without plea until 6 July when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Monday. He was granted bail on the condition that he does not approach the woman.

He is accused of shouting and acting in an aggressive manner towards the woman at his home address, where she was living at the time, on 25 April.

That same day, he is alleged to have assaulted the woman by repeatedly pushing her on the body, pushing her while she was holding their three-month old daughter in a baby carrier, causing her to stumble, seizing her by the throat, pinning her to the ground and kneeling over her to her injury.

Tungatt is also accused of assaulting the woman on Sunday (26 June) by repeatedly pushing her on the body, causing her to fall against a cooker, pushing her to the floor and seizing her by the body.

Meanwhile, a 49 year old man from Yell has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of breaching his bail conditions by approaching a woman.

Darren Robertson, of Clingrapark, Camb, was bailed on 16 May and 25 May at Lerwick Sheriff Court with a special condition that he did not attempt to contact the complainer.

But he is charged with approaching the woman on or between 1 June and 21 June at a house in Sunnyside and at Cooke Aquaculture. Both addresses are in Mid Yell.

Robertson’s defence did not seek bail and honorary sheriff Arnold Duncan remanded him in custody until 4 July.