FORMER Celtic footballer Alan McInally appeared at Ayr Sheriff Court
yesterday after being arrested at the home of his estranged wife.
Mr McInally, 32, of Kilmarnock Road, Monkton, had been held by police
in the early hours of Sunday at the house of Mrs Rhona McInally in
Greenfield Avenue, Alloway.
An interdict gained by Mrs McInally in September 1993 prevents her
husband from visiting the house.
Yesterday, Sheriff Colin Miller considered a petition by the
procurator-fiscal stating that Mr McInally had breached certain aspects
the interdict.
The petition said Mr McInally had gone to the house in the early hours
of Sunday, demanded entry, and shouted and swore at Mrs McInally.
It went on to state that while no criminal charges would be made
against him he should be held at Barlinnie until tomorrow at noon.
The action had been brought under the Matrimonial Homes (Family
Protection) Act, 1981, which allows for a maximum detention of 48 hours
in such cases.
This would have dated from Mr McInally's court appearance yesterday.
Sheriff Miller heard from Mr Ian Gillies, solicitor for Mrs McInally,
that his client did not wish to see the matter taken any further, and
that she does not intend to raise a separate action for breach of
interdict.
After hearing further submissions from Ms Iona MacDonald, on behalf of
Mr McInally, Sheriff Miller dismissed the petition and released Mr
McInally.
Mr McInally played with Ayr United and Celtic before joining Aston
Villa.
He then went abroad, playing for a spell with Bayern Munich where an
injury brought his career to an end.
Since returning to Scotland, he played on a couple of occasions with
Kilmarnock, but is no longer playing top-class football full time.
Mr McInally was first capped for Scotland against Cyprus in 1989 and
went on to play eight times for his country in the following two
seasons.
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