Graeme Hunter Aberdeen

Graeme Hunter, also identified as Graeme Alexander Hunter, has a history of criminal proceedings and convictions in the UK, primarily at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. His record includes multiple instances of assault, threatening behavior, and other offenses, resulting in various custodial sentences.

Key facts, dates, and court decisions include:

• July 2012: Hunter was found guilty of "culpably and recklessly" riding on a motorbike that injured seven people during the student Torcher Parade in Aberdeen. He was one of two passengers on the bike, and during the police chase, he punched and kicked passers-by. He was convicted by a jury at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. In September 2012, he was jailed for five years in connection with this incident.
• August 2020: Hunter was jailed for 11 months, plus an additional 98 days from an unexpired previous sentence, for threatening to burn down a woman's house with her children inside after a barbecue. He also assaulted the woman by punching her in the face. He pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and assault.
• June 2022: Hunter was sentenced to 27 months in jail, backdated to January, and a 12-month supervised release order for an unprovoked assault. He drunkenly attacked a former schoolmate with a Budweiser bottle, causing severe injury, permanent disfigurement, and impairment, including two head cuts requiring stitches, a fractured cheekbone, and wrist tendon surgery. He admitted to assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement and impairment. The court noted his "significant risk" to the public due to alcohol issues.
• November 2023: Hunter, along with two accomplices, was found guilty of a violent assault that left a man permanently disfigured with a "Glasgow smile." He was jailed for 22 months and would be on license for 11 months upon release. The court considered the attack a "serious matter" involving weapons.
• August 2025: Hunter, then 35, appeared in Aberdeen Sheriff Court alongside Krystal Chapman, 28, charged with assault, threatening or abusive behavior, and misuse of drugs following a disturbance in an Aberdeen city center flat. He was committed for further examination and remanded in custody.
• Between September 27 and November 7, 2025: While in prison, Hunter repeatedly contacted an ex-girlfriend by telephone, making verbal threats, including stating, "yours and [another woman's] houses are getting done." These calls were recorded by the prison system.
• July 2026: Hunter pleaded guilty at Aberdeen Sheriff Court to causing fear or alarm to his ex-girlfriend through verbal abuse and threats to target her house. His solicitor suggested the threats were made during a dispute over money. He was sentenced to seven months in jail. At this time, he was already serving a four-year and three-month prison term for another matter, which included a three-year extended sentence. The court noted his "very lengthy record."
• May 28, 2026, and June 18, 2026: Public court record proceedings for Graeme Alexander Hunter were scheduled at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for hearings.

Hunter has been described as a "repeat offender" and a "court regular" with a "lengthy, considerable and 'deeply troubling' record." His past convictions also include a 14-month jail sentence in November 2019 for a stand-off with police, and an 11-month sentence in 2020 for threatening to firebomb a woman's home.