Hotel worker went on hammer rampage

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A hotel worker who caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to a car owned by his former partner’s mother was told at Perth Sheriff Court on Wednesday that he was “very much standing on the edge of a precipice.”Twenty-five-year-old James Howden turned up at his ex-girlfriend’s home in Victoria Road, Auchterarder, in the early hours, brandishing a hammer after an argument over Christmas presents for his kids.Wearing dark clothing and with a scarf wrapped over his mouth, he walked up to the VW Passat Estate as it was about to be driven away, and struck the windscreen twice, causing two cracks.He then turned his attention to the driver’s window, smashing it completely with one blow.The accused, who previously worked in the kitchens at