Scots Gumtree creep threatened to kill woman with chainsaw after refusing date
dailyrecord.co.ukA man contacted a woman on Gumtree and threatened to kill her with a chainsaw after refusing a date from him. Michael Curling, 48, hounded a total of six victims he met on the online selling site between July 2014 and 2017 from his then home in Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire.Curling harassed a 46-year-old who was selling an item from her flat.
He asked her for a date, but told to leave her alone.Fiscal Lauren Donnelly told Glasgow Sheriff Court: "He told her that he would come round with a chainsaw and that she was dead." Curling had earlier contacted a 33-year-old woman who placed an ad requesting free furniture for her flat.Curling offered her glass and kitchenware before the pair agreed to mee at a Lidl car park in Barrhead, Renfrewshire.
Miss Donnelly said: "He sent continuous messages to the woman asking to go to her home for tea or coffee."Curling also asked if she wanted to go for a drive in his car." The woman refused and told Curling that she had a boyfriend.He replied: "He can't be much of a boyfriend if he lets you move into a flat with nothing." The woman was "alarmed" by Curling's behaviour which continued.He sent messages calling her a "slag" and that he would drag her out her house and batter her.
Curling later claimed he "gets angry when drinking."He then went on to meet the woman whose intention was to get him to leave her alone.
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