‘Wish your mum a happy Mother’s Day because it will be the last one she sees’

Ross Colquhoun, 31, withheld his number as he repeatedly phoned former partner Lisa Kay at all hours of the day and night after the couple broke up earlier this year.

Colquhoun made the chilling threat about Ms Kay’s mother which left her so scared she immediately contacted the police.

And while on the phone to the 101 police service the mum-of-two received a second threatening call from Colquhoun who ridiculed her by saying “nee naw, nee naw the police are coming”.

After making the calls to Ms Kay the engineering firm director then called her mother Hazel Paxton who said he threatened her by stating “he was coming for me, he was going to get me”.

Colquhoun, from Prestonpans, East Lothian, denied the allegations claiming it was he who had been the victim of harassing calls from both his former lover and her mother.

But following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court the thug was found guilty of contacting both women and uttering threats of violence towards them in July this year.

Sentence was deferred for six months but he was handed a non-harassment order banning him from approaching or contacting Ms Kay for 12 months.

Ms Kay, a 28-year-old child minder, told the court the couple began dating in November 2018 and their split in June this year had “not ended well”.

She began to receive numerous calls from a withheld number at all hours of the day but did not answer most of them.

She said she did answer some calls at around 10pm on July 26 to find it was Colquhoun on the other end.

She said: “The first one I answered the person said ‘wish your mum a happy Mother’s Day because it will be the last one she sees”.

“It was Ross Colquhoun.”

Ms Kay said she hung up and decided to call the police to report the threat and while on the line she received the second call.

She informed the police operator about the call and was told to answer it and speak to him, adding: “He said ‘nee naw, nee naw the police are coming’. I felt uncomfortable.”

Mrs Paxton, 51, also gave evidence to the court saying Colquhoun also threatened her during a call to her that evening.

She said during the call Colquhoun told her “he was coming for me, he was going to get me’.

She added: “I was upset at what Ross had said as I was in the house on my own.”

Colquhoun told the court Mrs Paxton had phoned his employer at Torness Nuclear Power Station to tell them he had been drinking and taking drugs while on the job.

He said she had “a drink problem” and the accusations had led him voluntarily taking the drug test and then resigning form his position as team leader due to the “embarrassment”.

Colquhoun claimed the drug test came back negative and it was he who had been harassed by the mother and daughter with them making numerous calls to his mobile.

He admitted calling Ms Kay on July 26 but said it was to tell her to “please stop calling me”.

But in finding Colquhoun guilty, Sheriff Fraser said: “It is very much a matter of credibility and reliability. I must say I prefer the evidence of the Crown witnesses.”

Sentence was deferred for six months but Colquhoun was handed a 12-month non-harassment order banning him from approaching or contacting Ms Kay for 12 months.

Colquhoun was found guilty of behaving in a threatening manner by repeatedly phoning ex-partner Lisa Kay at her home in Port Seton, East Lothian, and uttering threats of violence on July 26 this year.

He was also found guilty of phoning Hazel Paxton at her home in Dunbar, East Lothian, and uttering threats if violence on the same date.

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