A MAN has been jailed 38 years after he pushed a woman into the sea from a pier.
William McDonald, 76, from Ardersier, assaulted the woman on multiple occasions over an almost 50-year period between 1975 and 2022.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard how he put her life in danger by pushing her into the sea at Nairn Harbour in the summer of 1987, the BBC reports.
A jury found McDonald guilty on serious assault and threatening behaviour charges following a trial at the High Court in Inverness earlier this year.
He was acquitted of charges alleging he carried out sexual assaults.
Judge Michael O'Grady KC told McDonald he needed to go to prison for his "disturbing" crimes.
He said: "These episodes demonstrate a disturbing propensity towards violence and cruelty towards your victim.
"The situation can only be resolved by way of a custodial sentence – that will be one of two years."
