Dingwall man spent terminally ill partner’s money on alcohol

A Ross-shire man caring for his terminally ill partner took her benefit money to spend on alcohol and cut and coloured her hair against her will.

Sheriff Sara Matheson heard that Stephen McNally (51) of Chestnut Road, Dingwall also would lock the complainer's medication for Huntington's Disease away in a safe.

Fiscal depute Pauline Gair told Inverness Sheriff Court that when she asked him for it, sometimes he wouldn't give it when needed. "She would tell him ‘I need my medication’ and he would say he would give her it when he woke up."

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Mrs Gair said that McNally, who admitted a campaign of domestic abuse against the woman between January 20, 2020 and March 16, 2021, had been in an on and off relationship for 23 years and it rekindled in July 2019.

She went on: "The complainer was diagnosed with Huntington's Disease at the age of 34 and depended on the accused as her carer. She is now aged 56 and has now moved to a care home to receive round the clock care."

"In February 2021 the complainer's family was contacted by her daughter to tell them that she should be collected from her home address following an argument between her and the accused."