A and B (No. 1)(domestic abuse no contact to father)

The Applicant father in person, assisted by his McKenzie friend Graham Fletcher Mr Kelly instructed by Dalsuns solicitors for the Respondent mother Miss Emma Griffiths instructed by BH&O LLP solicitors for the children Hearing dates: 3rd and 4th January 2019 ____________________

The Applicant frequently drank red wine, port and whisky to excess, causing him to be aggressive.

On 26 December 2013, on T's Birthday (the Applicant's son), the Applicant again drank to excess, and despite knowing that it was late and the Respondent was in bed and asleep, and despite her obvious unwillingness and requests to stop, and her attempts to brush him off, he continued his unwanted advances, lay on top of her and briefly had sexual intercourse. The children were asleep and unaware.

a) The Respondent was sleeping with the two children in a separate room to the Applicant. On numerous occasions in and after September 2016, he has forcibly dragged her out of the room in front of the children to another room, hurting her in the process and leaving at least A crying;

b) The Applicant has had adult conversations with A, telling him about the Respondent's past and previous marriage;