Husband banned from talking to wife until July after branding her a 'prostitute'

A huband who called his wife names during a drunken Hogmanay row has been banned from speaking to her for six months. Anthony Cameron spent New Year behind bars after branding his wife Dorothy Stewart a “prostitute” in an argument at their home. Yesterday, a sheriff barred Cameron from talking to her until July after he admitted being abusive.

Sheriff Lindsay Foulis told Cameron he hoped the ban would help “calm” things. Cameron, 40, admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at the house in Perth. Solicitor Mark Alder, defending, told the town’s sheriff court: “They have been together for 17 years and married 18 months ago. They are still living together but there are marital difficulties.



“My client reacts badly when he is drinking alcohol and for that reason he normally abstains. On this occasion, he had gone out drinking. He does not normally behave that way towards his wife.” Fiscal depute Stuart Richardson said he believed the couple had been separated and that Cameron had been invited round for the festive period.

He said: “Unfortunately, on Hogmanay he had taken some alcohol and began to lose his temper. He began shouting and swearing at his partner and the oldest son.” Sheriff Foulis deferred sentence on Cameron for six months. As well as the ban on speaking to his wife, he ordered him to be of good behaviour.