Police officer, 41, denies assaulting his girlfriend of six years

A police officer has denied claims he repeatedly assaulted his girlfriend during a six year relationship.

PC Fraser Ross, 41, is alleged to have carried out attacks on Anne-Marie Hirdman before they split.

Miss Hirdman, a bank receptionist, has claimed Ross attacked and abused over the course of their relationship.

PC Fraser Ross, 41, is alleged to have carried out attacks on Anne-Marie Hirdman before they split. Ross denies all the allegations at Hamilton Sheriff Court, pictured

She told a court Ross attacked her in his home in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, after they had returned from a night out.

She said the alleged incident of October 2017 left her injured and unable to get out of bed for a week.

Miss Hirdman, 41, also told the court she secretly recorded him threatening her.

Ross is on trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court where he denies three charges of assaulting Miss Hirdman between October 2017 and August 2019.

The Glasgow-based constable also denies behaving in a threatening and abusive manner towards her between September 2013 and March 2019.

Under questioning from defence lawyer Gordon Williams, Ross, who has spent 16 years with the force, denied the assault claims and accused Miss Hirdman of being ‘vindictive’.

He said: ‘It is nonsense. Annie was a very jealous and paranoid person.

‘After three months together she started seeing issues that were not there.

‘Over the course of the six year relationship we never resolved any argument together.

‘She was convinced I was hiding something, she thought I had ulterior motives and then I would get a few days of complete anger and then nothing.

‘There is no doubt in my mind that it all stemmed from her.

‘When she got a drink in her then any problems she had with the relationship would come up and things would go downhill from there.

‘She is lying about all of this, she is a very vindictive person.

‘All of this behaviour would happen when I told her I was no longer interested in the relationship and that seemed to send her off, sometimes she would go ballistic.

‘Any injuries were a result of me trying to stop her damaging our home.’

Ross added: ‘I admit I’ve lost control at times to the point of name calling and swearing but nothing more.

‘It is something that I deeply regret and it is not something I would normally do.’

Miss Hirdman had earlier said she was left distraught after being attacked by Ross.

She told depute fiscal Jennifer Guy she was forced to the ground and Ross had put his hand over her mouth and nose leaving her gasping for breath while shouting in her ear for her to ‘shut up’.

The court heard recordings of Ross saying ‘why don’t I just f****** push you down the f****** stairs Annie?’ which were alleged to have happened during a row over him picking her up from a night in Glasgow with friends in May 2017.

Photographs were shown to the court of bruises to her arms and body which Miss Hirdman alleged Ross had caused when he pinned her down.

When asked how he felt about the recordings being played in court, Ross said: ‘I was utterly embarrassed, especially at my language.’

The trial before Sheriff Ross Macfarlane QC continues and Ross, who is currently suspended from duty, remains on bail.