Christopher Thomson, of Churchill Avenue, spent Christmas behind bars after admitting repeatedly phoning the woman and breaching his bail conditions between November 12-16, 2013 and April 16 this year respectively.

Kilmarnock Sheriff Court heard last week how Thomson was previously issued with a non-harassment order against the woman and at the time of the first offence it was due to expire the day after.

On November 16, 2013 the woman contacted the police to complain about Thomson after he repeatedly phoned her house number.

Police attended the woman’s home and officers were made aware that the non-harassment order was in force.

Officers remained at her home and noticed that between 10am and 3pm on November 13, Thomson had called the woman’s house number 116 times.

Calls were initially made to her mobile phone but because the woman would not answer, a desperate Thomson repeatedly rang her home number.

Fed-up with Thomson’s calls, the woman unplugged her phone from the wall.

Her phone remained mainly unplugged between November 14-15 but on November 16 she finally relented and called Thomson.

However, during the conversation Thomson said “there is going to be a war”.

Police caught up with Thomson not long after and he was taken to Saltcoats Police Office and simply replied “no comment” when being interviewed by officers.

Thomson’s offending did not stop there as he breached the conditions of his bail on April 16 this year.

The court heard how the same woman was waiting in Kilwinning’s Main Street to meet Thomson’s mother at around 11.10am.

As per the terms of his bail conditions, Thomson was not supposed to directly or indirectly contact the woman.

However, Thomson appeared in his car unannounced and immediately breached his bail by speaking to her.

The woman refused to speak to Thomson and entered a nearby shop to escape him.

However, Thomson continued to attempt to make direct contact with the woman, entering the shop as she tried to escape.

Soon after, the woman reported the matter to officers at Kilmarnock Police Station. Thomson, 26, appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week and pled guilty.

His solicitor, Simon Brown, told the court how Thomson accepted his behaviour and apologised for the distressing phone calls.

He revealed how Thomson and the woman had an argument after restarting their relationship which eventually broke down. In addition, Mr Brown added that Thomson has made progress through his time undertaking the Caledonian Programme, which aims to change the behaviour of men who abuse their partners.

But presiding Sheriff Brian Murphy disagreed and believed their was only one option. He said: “Custody is the only outcome for this offence. There is no other sentence appropriate.” Thomson was sentenced to a total of eight months in prison.