Jealous ex-lover vandalises car of love rat captain

Nov 9 2008 By Norman Silvester

A SHIP'S captain had his car vandalised after cheating on his longterm lover with a string of other women.

Romeo sea dog Jeremy Purvis' car was splattered with paint thinner by Mary Stevenson.

The 48-year-old, of Grangemouth, threw the solvent over Purvis's V50 Volvo after a friend tipped her off to his cheating.

They met four years ago at Forth Ports Authority in Grangemouth, where Stevenson was a secretary and Purvis, 45, a marine pilot responsible for guiding ships into port.

Despite the fall out, the couple still work there.

Stevenson, 48, of Grangemouth, was fined £200 and told to pay £250 compensation at Falkirk Sheriff Court last week after admitting the attack.

She said: "I knew Jeremy for four years. It was an on-off relationship. He met my daughters and we went on holiday.

"I discovered there were a string of other women and that was the end of us. I had always suspected something was going on.

"Two weeks before the incident he even bought me a commitment ring.

"I have put this man out of my life and just want to move on."

Stevenson's lawyer Murray Aitken said: "He had promised her the earth and didn't deliver.

"She described him as something of a cad."

Yesterday Purvis said: "I cannot comment as we work in close proximity to each other."