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A builder who climbed ladders to spy on his former partner at her Bothwell home has been jailed for 32 months. ‌

Darren McVey, 43, will be under supervision for a year when he is released and a non-harassment order means he must stay away from the woman for 10 years. ‌

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard McVey ignored a string of court orders as he hounded his ex for weeks. ‌

Sinead Corrigan, prosecuting, said the woman was making dinner for herself and a child around 6pm on Hogmanay. She heard knocking on the first floor window of the house in Langside Court.

Ms Corrigan told the court: “She turned around and saw the accused chapping and waving through the window.

“The woman took a photo of this immediately with her phone and then closed all of her blinds and called the po

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