He admitted that between January 4, 2023 and November 24, 2025, at an address in Dalgety Bay and elsewhere, he engaged in abusive behaviour towards his former partner. He accessed her mobile phone without her consent, examined the contents, questioned her about her contact list and made her delete all male contacts. On one occasion, McPake accessed her laptop and downloaded the contents of her mobile phone and examined this. He instructed her to download a tracking application on her mobile phone in order to track her whereabouts. McPake repeatedly sent WhatsApp messages, social media messages and emails to her.