Man admits choking and threatening woman after party in Dumbarton

A man has admitted choking a woman and telling her "You will be lucky to be alive in the morning" at her home in Dumbarton earlier this year.

Michael Ambrose, 37, turned on his terrified victim after a row about a remark at a party they had been at.

The woman bravely fought for her life before luckily managing to escape his clutches.

Earlier he pleaded guilty to an attempted murder charge at a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.

Ambrose had been at the party with the woman before going back to her home in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire on February 23 this year.

A row soon broke out over a person earlier commenting that she was "not good" for Ambrose.

The woman wanted to know who had made the remark, but he refused to say.

Raging Ambrose then went on to pour wine over the victim, grabbed her and she fell to the floor.

The thug overpowered the woman as he screamed at her: "Who the f*** do you think you are?".

Prosecutor Lindsey Dalziel said Ambrose clamped his hands around her throat.

The advocate depute: "She thought she was going to die. She tried to break free and fight him off biting him on the hand at one point.

"She begged him to stop, but he continued to push down with what she described as his 'full weight'."

The victim felt herself becoming unconscious.

Ambrose yelled again at her this time threatening: "I will f***ing kill you. You will be lucky to be alive in the morning.

"Tell me why I should let go."

The mum struggled before "finding the determination to survive for the sake of her children".

She got away and raced out to a friend's house nearby for help.

The trembling victim was bloodied, bruised and with puffy eyes.

She told her friend: "If I had not turned away, he would have killed me. He tried to strangle me."

Police were called and the woman was eventually taken to hospital.

She had suffered injuries to her jaw, neck, face, eyes and ears.

Medics stated the woman appeared to have been subjected to a "potetially life-threatening strangulation episode".

Ambrose was later arrested and said: "What have I done?".

The court heard he had previous convictions including for violence.

Ambrose had his remand in custody continued as sentencing was adjourned until a later date.

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