12-07-2025
Alexandria man pleads guilty to having knife in Dumbarton
Jordan Daldry appeared from custody last week and pleaded guilty to having a knife in the Dumbarton Lidl and the town's High Street.
He was led into the dock seemingly without apparent injury and the circumstances of his fall were not revealed.
Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard that around 5.30pm on July 31, 2024, he and a woman entered the Lidl. And after a short period of time, she passed a knife to Daldry.
They left the shop and police were contacted. Daldry was spotted on CCTV outside the Morrisons Daily, which is where officers found him just before 6pm.
He was searched and a silver knife with a black handle was found in his waistband.
The 28-year-old, of Munro Street, Alexandria, pleaded guilty on July 8 to having the weapon.
He previously repeatedly broke a non-harassment order (NHO) not to approach or contact his ex. And after each breach, he was released on bail and did it again.
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Daldry was handed the NHO in December 2022, banning any contact from his ex. He has repeatedly broken that.
On November 20 last year, at the West Dunbartonshire Council headquarters next to the court, he arrived with the woman. That was reported to police.
Nine days later, police were told they were together again and forced their entry to a property. They saw Daldry trying to escape.
On January 9 this year, police attended a property in Dumbarton, forcing their way in and discovering him with the woman.
He had two bail orders from October and December 2024 at the time.
On February 20 this year, at various Dumbarton streets and outside a primary school, he broke the NHO again and shouted at the woman.
It was the school's headteacher who reported Daldry's behaviour.
He had three bail orders from a month earlier.
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Daldry's offences were aggravated by being against a partner or ex. Breaking bail orders were also separate charges.
Sheriff Robert Carr identified a "pattern of behaviour" where the woman was "voluntarily" placing herself in situations where she and Daldry communicated with each other.
His defence solicitor said the NHO was imposed by the court, but the former partner had not wanted it. There had been no formal request to lift the NHO.
"He appreciates it's there for a reason, notwithstanding the views of the complainer," said the solicitor of his client.
He said of the knife charge, his client "should have declined" when the woman passed him the blade.
Daldry was placed on a structured deferred sentence previously.
"It did not start well, and deteriorated," said the solicitor. "He jumped from a seventh-floor window."
That resulted in injuries including three fractures to his back and his elbow.
Daldry had already served some time locked up over the charges. Sheriff Carr sentenced him to a further four months in jail over the knife. He was admonished for the NHO breaches.
