Kevin Palmer, 38, targeted the woman and the youngster at a flat in Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire. Palmer pulled a mattress from under the boy as he sat on his bed and went on to try choke the woman. Palmer went on to try and choke the woman by putting his two hands around her neck. "I don't like Kevin, I don't like when Kevin is here, I'm worried for my mum, I'm worried about her." Palmer went to a police station several days later where he was arrested.

Source: The Times November 13, 2023 23:18 UTC