Bishopbriggs man handed 300 hours of unpaid work for "extreme" assaults on wife
Peter Clarke forced her to undergo a lie detector test and kicked her head "like a football".
A man who brutally attacked his wife and hid a camera inside their Sky TV box walked free from court today.
Peter Clarke, 41, repeatedly lashed out at Stacy Clarke, 39, at their family home in Kirkintilloch.
Clarke hurled abuse at his wife of nine years and claimed that she was having an affair.
He was found guilty by a jury at Glasgow Sheriff Court of engaging in a course of behaviour which was abusive of his partner or ex-partner.
The medical field engineer was also convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice and a breach of bail.
The charges span between January 2021 and August 2022.
Sheriff John McCormick told Clarke: "Your background report is one of the more unusual or extreme reports I've seen.
"It recommends a sentence of over four years which is on the basis that such a lengthy sentence allows the authorities to work with you for reasons outlined in the report.
"The author of the report was probably unaware that you have spent 229 days on remand prior to your remand in April.
"That curtails the sentence I was going to impose and the author comments that the other sentence that can be imposed is a robust community payback order so they can work with you.
"The threshold for a custodial sentence has been passed but not to impose four years over and above the time on remand served.
"With considerable hesitation, I will impose a community payback order."
Clarke, of Bishopbriggs, was ordered to do 300 hours of unpaid work and put under supervision for three years.
He was also tagged for 12 months keeping him indoors between 7pm and 7am.
A 15-year non-harassment order was also granted which prohibits Clarke contacting Stacy.
The trial heard that their 18-year relationship began to strain in January 2021.
Clarke was initially verbally abusive towards Stacy and called her names such as "fatty" and "b**ch" on a daily basis.
Stacy told jurors that Clarke tried to distance her from her family as they had had "too much influence" over her.
Duncan McPhie, defending, told the sentencing that his client maintains his innocence and that the custodial threshold had been passed.