Man banned from being at birth of daughter after sheriff rules he's a danger to partner
- Rory Cassidy
- 1 hour ago
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A man has been banned from attending the birth of his child after being branded a danger to his partner.
Alin Tav's girlfriend is due to give birth later this year, but he will not be allowed to attend the birth as he awaits sentence for harassing her during an eight-month campaign of domestic abuse.
Tav and his partner, Rianna Lindsey, have both made it clear that they want to be together, and arrived at Paisley Sheriff Court together for him to be sentenced.
They have told the sheriff presiding over the case, social workers and prosecutors of their desire to continue their relationship.
But a sheriff has blocked the move, saying his partner doesn't understand how much danger she is in at his hands.
After hearing that they came to court together, and him telling the sheriff from the dock that the couple were in love and wanted to be together, he was sent down to the cells in the court.
Tav, who moved to Scotland from Romania when he was six, was convicted of harassing the woman earlier this year.
The 25-year-old tried to control who she 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,
And he also gave her flowers and a letter as an apology after cheating on her.
When brought back up to the dock from the cells to be sentenced, Sheriff Sukhwinder Gill was told they want to be together.
Defence solicitor Ethan Llewellyn also said that Tav, of Glasgow's Easterhouse area, also wanted to be present at the birth of their child.
But she ruled they should be kept apart, as Miss Lindsey is unaware of how much danger she is really in.
The sheriff said: "I may be speaking out of turn but I'll do it anyway.
She deferred sentence on Tav for three months for him to be of good behaviour and warned him what would happen if he breaches the special bail condition banning him from approaching or contacting her.
She said: "The complainer has the protection of the court for three months.
"There is nothing he can do about it other than breach it.
"And I'll almost certainly lock him up for that.
"You hear of these horror stories in the press recently, you think if there's anything you can do to protect the complainer.
"They don't understand the risk they are under themselves.
"The special bail conditions are still in place."
Tav is now set to learn his fate next month.
Tav's address is given on court papers as the Rennie Mackintosh Hotel in Glasgow, which is used to house homeless people.
He had earlier pleaded guilty to abusing her between May 2024 and January 2025 in Glasgow and Paisley.
Sheriff Gill previously questioned why she was only able to jail Tav for a maximum of a year, as the case was prosecuted on summary complaint.
If Tav had been prosecuted on an indictment, she could have jailed him for up to five years for the offence.
He had told social workers that he had been drinking to excess and suffering poor mental health at the time he abused her.
And he said he had harassed his partner in their "toxic" relationship because he was insecure about how she felt about him.
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