Maryhill man pleads guilty to hitting teen with eggs

A man has been given a year to behave himself after he told a schoolgirl "I will do time for you" and pelted her with eggs.

Jason McGowan, 32, told the 15-year-old who was in his house while the girl’s mother was at work that "he would have the last laugh".

When she left the house he threw two eggs at her that hit her on the back of her neck and shoulder and shouted that she was a "stupid wee cow".

The teenager went to a friend’s house, cleaned herself and contact her mum.

McGowan from Maryhill, Glasgow, pleaded guilty at the city’s sheriff court to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner on June 7, last year and assaulting the teenager.

Procurator fiscal depute Hannah Terrance said the girl was at McGowan’s house and went to the kitchen for food, but was told she would have to wait as there was something else cooking.

Miss Terrance said: "The witness left to go outside and on doing so, McGowan called her ‘fat and ugly’ after she stepped outside the front door."

The court heard she came back to the house and while looking upstairs for an iPad to contact her mum, McGowan told her "it’s not up there, I will have the last laugh".

The prosecutor added “He made comments towards her ‘I have had enough of you’ and ‘I will do time for you’.

"The girl left the house and while outside she was talking to someone and McGowan shouted ‘egg on’ and threw an egg at her which hit her on the back of the neck and her shoulder.

"The accused shouted ‘you stupid wee cow’ towards her."

She went to a friend’s house where she cleaned herself up and contacted her mum and the police were later contacted.

When officers spoke to McGowan the following day and he was cautioned and charged, he admitted throwing two eggs.

Sheriff John McCormick deferred sentence for a year for good behaviour and told McGowan he intends to admonish him but warned "if there was any repetition" he would look at the matter differently.