David Limond, 41, (pictured) targeted Angela Haggerty (pictured) on his Rangers Chat show.

A section of the broadcast opens with the words, “Taig of the Day, Tim of the Day, Scum of the Day”, to the tune of the 80s BBC show, Blankety Blank.

In a tape which was played at Ayr Sheriff Court, Limond then introduces Ms Haggerty - who appeared on Channel 4 programmes and worked for several publications - as “Tim of the Day.” In the rant that follows Limond describes Ms Haggerty as a “Provo C****”.

He adds: “She has a balaclava. Her hair is a ginger balaclava hiding her face.” Limond urges the listeners to tweet the “f***pig” and added: “She’s got to get bang, bang, bang” When Ms Haggerty checked her tweeter account she was shocked to find that she had some 50 tweets within a short period of time all accusing one of her associates of murdering his grandfather.

With the help of a colleague Ms Haggerty was able to access the original Rangers Chat broadcast, which targeted her in such a vicious manner.

The freelance multi-media worker said that the content affected her both mentally and physically.

Ms Haggerty said that she was shocked and felt threatened by what she heard.

She added: “My heart began thumping and my arms and legs were shaking.” Ms Haggerty said that the content of the Chat site caused her anxiety.

Part of Limond’s abuse was broadcast on Channel 4 News on October 24.

He was arrested at 7am on October 26 at his home in Ayr and taken to the town’s King Street Police Office.

During an interview with DC Ross Arnott, 44, of the counter-terrorism unit, Limond said that he had been persuaded to set up the “near-the-knuckle” Rangers Chat site by a like-minded supporter of the Ibrox side in Texas.

Referring to the Angela Haggerty broadcast, Limond said:”I didn’t think it was offensive.” He said that the broadcast was intended to be “jokey”, “parody” and “Comedy”.

DS James Biggan, 45, who sat in on the interview, was asked by Jason Bell, if he viewed the comments in that context, he replied: “No I didn’t.” Limond said that he closed the site down after the Channel 4 news piece.

Prior to that it had been broadcast between 9pm and 10pm, Monday to Friday.

Putting forward a motion that there was no case to answer, Limond’s solicitor, Calum Ross, said that while his client’s comments were “abusive” they were not motivated by religious or racial hatred.

Mr Ross said that the source of the abuse was Ms Haggerty’s involvement as editor of a book called “The Downfall” - which charts the monetary debacle at Rangers FC.