Montrose man who attacked wife on wedding day jailed

A Montrose man who set the tone for decades of married misery by battering his bride on their wedding day has been jailed for three years.

John Ormond put his wife - who he was married to for 35 years - through decades of torment with repeated violent attacks that often hospitalised her.

In tearjerking evidence at a trial at Dundee Sheriff Court she told how Ormond even attacked her after they returned home from their wedding in August 1980 - battering her and ripping her "going away" outfit.

She told jurors that she stuck by Ormond despite the horror start to their marriage because "we were married in a church and I stuck to the vows as much as I could until I couldn't take any more".

Fiscal depute Vicki Bell told the jury: "For better or for worse is the vow I assume she refers to."

Dundee Sheriff Court heard Ormond and his wife separated in 2005 before finally divorcing in 2015.

Sheriff Tom Hughes jailed him for three years and imposed a one year supervised release order to monitor when he is freed.

He said: "You were convicted of some quite appalling conduct.

"It is clear you have caused catastrophic consequences to your victims.

"You don't accept in any way that you were involved in the matter and that you have no remorse.

"You say they are vindictive and making this up.

"That's not the view of the jury who accepted their evidence."