A WEDDING goer who got aggressive with his partner after having "too much to drink" has been given a chance to prove himself.

Michael Humphries, 29, appeared in the dock at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Thursday, August 10, and pleaded guilty to acting in a threatening or abusive manner towards his girlfriend as they attended a wedding at The Gailes Hotel in Irvine.

After Humphries admitted his guilt, the court's procurator fiscal depute explained what had happened that night.

The accused and his partner, who have been in a relationship for around five and a half years, were staying at the Irvine hotel as they attended a wedding together on July 21.

They had been drinking for a few hours prior to going to their room at around 9.30pm - and it was then that Humphries began to get "aggressive".

He began to accuse his partner of cheating on him, and called her a "f***ing w****".

Humphries then grabbed her by the arm and took her phone, and was throwing around some of her personal belongings.

At this point his partner "ran out of the room terrified" to the hotel's reception desk.

She approached a member of staff who "noticed the witness was in a state of distress" and asked them to phone the police - stating she "had just been attacked".

The police arrived and then arrested Humphries at around 10.30pm and he was thereafter conveyed to the police station.

At around 5.17am the accused was interviewed at Saltcoats police station, where he denied allegations of assault but admitted acting aggressively.

As he provided his own defence in court, Humphries was accepting that his actions were wholly out of order, giving little excuse for them.

“I had just had far too much to drink and got a bit emotional," he told Sheriff Colin Bissett.

The sheriff then asked how the incident had affected the relationship between the accused and his partner.

The procurator fiscal depute said his partner was "unsure if she would continue relationship with the accused after the incident".

Humphries himself said: “We were planning on getting married soon.”

Sheriff Bissett then afforded Humphries, of East Kilbride, a chance to prove himself - to both the court and his partner - as he deferred sentence for six months for good behaviour.

Though he warned: “Any repetition and it will be a very different outcome.”