Immigrant breached Scots court order by living with girlfriend and getting her pregnant
- Rory Cassidy
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
An immigrant breached a court order banning him from approaching or contacting a woman - by living with her and getting her pregnant.
Alin Tav was ordered to stay away from the woman after being arrested over an eight-month campaign of domestic abuse.
The 25-year-old tried to control who the woman saw, hounded her on social media, and posted intimate pictures of her online.
He also swore at her, made sexual and religious remarks towards her, and repeatedly attended her home uninvited.
He called her 1,842 times in a three-week period, including 439 times in one day,
He also gave her flowers and a letter after cheating on her and gave them to her as an apology.
But Tav, who moved to Scotland from Romania when he was six, ignored the court ban and continued in his relationship with her.
She is now pregnant with his child and they plan to raise the child together, despite him being banned from having any contact her with her.
His address is given on court papers as the Rennie Mackintosh Hotel in Glasgow, which is used to house homeless people.
The details emerged when Tav, who is now living in Easterhouse, Glasgow, appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court to be sentenced for the domestic abuse.
He had earlier pleaded guilty to abusing her between May 2024 and January 2025 in Glasgow and Paisley.
A background report had been prepared by social workers ahead of sentencing to advise Sheriff Sukhwinder Gill on the best way of dealing with him.
She said: "On page two of the report it states they have been together for two years.
"The report states that he is in a relationship with his partner.
"It says she is 24 weeks pregnant and that they are planning to raise a daughter together.
"He has had special bail conditions not to approach or contact his girlfriend for over a year.
"If this isn't a breach of a court order, I don't know what is."
And Sheriff Gill questioned why she was only able to jail Tav for a maximum of a year, as the case was prosecuted on summary complaint, rather than on an indictment, which carries a five-year jail term in the sheriff court.
And she also questioned why police officers had not discovered their relationship had been ongoing while he was banned from approaching and contacting his girlfriend.
She said: "I don't understand why this man is appearing in this court and not on indictment and I don't understand what the police are doing in terms of welfare checks."
Sheriff Gill also said the circumstances meant she needed more information before she could pass sentence, as sentencing could involve a Non-Harassment Order.
A Non-Harassment Order would involve him being banned from approaching or contacting his girlfriend for an extended period, when she was pregnant with his child and seemingly still in a relationship with him.
Defence solicitor Lauryn Fulton said: "To say it's a bit of a mess is probably an understatement."
Tav will learn his fate later.
He told social workers that he had been drinking to excess and suffering poor mental health and had harassed his partner in their "toxic" relationship because he was insecure about how she felt about him.
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