Dainis Sidorov was described at Peterhead Sheriff Court as being calculating in his use of his own fighting skills to beat up his ex.
Opposition politicians are urging Scottish Government leaders to step in and prevent "another catastrophic loss" to the north-east.
The Press and Journal spoke to locals after the businesses announced it could stop trading.
The Grade-B listed building will go under the hammer on Tuesday.
The Kittybrewster Bar and Brig 'O' Dee will shut within days.
I was one of the journalists who took part in two evenings of discussion with our readers, as we learned what matters most about the region to them.
George Paterson attempted to pass a driver on the A950 Mintlaw to Longside road but ended up crashing head-on with another car.
Aberdeen's His Majesty's Theatre was packed for Poirot as the famed Agatha Christie story Death on the Nile was retold on stage.
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