A FORMER actor breached a court order by sending an Elvis Presley lyric to his ex-lover.
Allan McCafferty, 45, contacted the woman from his home in Ibrox between March 15 and 16, 2023.
McCafferty had been ordered not to communicate with her in any way after a non-harassment order was granted for a conviction at Falkirk Sheriff Court in December 2022.
McCafferty - who notably played Norman the waiter in Still Game - went on to send her a text message.
It read: "Take my hand."
This was in reference to a lyric from Elvis's hit Can't Help Falling in Love which had resonated with the pair.
McCafferty pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to breaching the non-harassment order.
The offence was aggravated by involving abuse of his partner or ex-partner.
His lawyer Brian Fitzpatrick told the court that the message was "not threatening or violent".
He said: "The relationship was over at the time the non-harassment order was imposed.
"This was a message which was 'take my hand' which referred to a song that was important to both parties while in the relationship.
"He has a very serious drink problem and he has fallen quite considerably from his pedestal from his background in his previous career."
Sheriff Paul Reid stated that McCafferty - who also starred in comedy drama High Times - has an "appalling record" for domestic offences.
The sheriff placed McCafferty on a program to deal with his domestic offending for two years.
A further non-harassment order for two years was also granted.
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