Inverness accused provides sex alibi in serious assault case
An Inverness man claimed in court yesterday that he could not have carried out a life-threatening assault on his ex partner as he was in bed with his new girlfriend at the time of the alleged attack.
And later the 20-year-old woman went into the witness box to support William MacFarlane’s alibi defence.
Earlier MacFarlane (25), of Mackay Road, Inverness, denied going to the home of his ex partner in the city’s Parkfield View on the night of February 11 this year, and said he had no idea why she would say he did.
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He has been remanded in custody for the past seven months in connection with the case.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard police officers were called to Parkfield View after reports of a woman screaming. They found her injured, hysterically crying and scared.
She told them “He was here,” before making clear she was referring to MacFarlane.
The officers found no one else in the ground floor flat, but the living room curtains and window were open and it was suggested MacFarlane may have fled that way.
When fiscal depute Naomi Duffy-Welsh challenged MacFarlane’s claim he told her: “I had taken a Viagra so it was actually ongoing all night. My flatmate was embarrassed when he popped his head in.”
MacFarlane’s flatmate also gave evidence that MacFarlane was home all night.
He and MacFarlane’s girlfriend denied they were lying in court to protect MacFarlane who has pleaded not guilty to an indictment alleging domestic abuse and assault to severe injury and danger of life. The assault charge includes allegations he repeatedly punched and kicked the woman on the head and body including when she was lying on the floor, and bit her hand.
Lawyers for both sides are expected to make their closing submissions in the case before Sheriff Andrew Aitken today.