A jealous ex intent on making his former associate really feel humiliated carried out a terrifying marketing campaign of stalking, which concerned exhibiting express pictures to her boss and boyfriend.
Jonathon Blacklock, 50, had a quick relationship with the sufferer again in 2020 and didn't take it properly when it got here to an finish.
Newcastle Crown Court docket heard how an obsessed Blacklock launched into an "appalling sequence of actions to inflict hurt and humiliation", Chronicle Reside reviews.
Blacklock sprayed offensive graffiti about his ex round a small village, despatched abusive textual content messages, left vile notes at her house, slashed her automobile tyres and dumped garbage exterior of her home over a two-month interval.
He additionally confirmed sexual images of her to each her boss and associate, prosecutors mentioned.
Throughout the course of the stalking, Blacklock mindlessly slashed the tyres of 10 different automobiles, whose proprietor's had nothing to do with him or his ex.
His actions left the sufferer feeling suicidal and considering leaving her job and transferring home, the court docket heard.
Blacklock, of Longframlington, Northumberland, has now been spared jail after he pleaded responsible to stalking, two counts of exposing non-public sexual pictures and 12 counts of legal injury.
Giving him a 14-month jail sentence, suspended for 2 years, Decide Edward Bindloss mentioned: "You undertook an appalling sequence of actions, which inflicted hurt and humiliation upon her - stalking, disclosing sexual pictures and legal injury to her automobile.
"As well as, on January 22, you went on a senseless spree of legal injury towards 10 different automobiles by placing a knife into the automobile tyres and creating 10 victims, who had nothing to do with something."
The decide added: "The stalking was over two months, though you resurrected it for a weekend. You sprayed graffiti calling her a s**t and a s**g. You despatched abusive texts, left notes in her backyard, left underwear at her associate's deal with."
The court docket heard that Blacklock and the sufferer broke up in September 2020 and his stalking marketing campaign began quickly after.
He started by spraying the abusive graffiti round Longframlington and near the lady's house earlier than approaching her associate at a backyard centre and exhibiting him a sexual picture of her.
He additionally confirmed the identical image to her boss.
Within the weeks that adopted, the sufferer obtained a variety of voicemails from Blacklock calling her a "f****g slag" and abusive texts.
Omar Ahmed, prosecuting, mentioned, in November 2020, the lady was instructed by her neighbour that she'd seen a person scattering a number of items of paper round her backyard.
Mr Ahmed continued: "When the complainant checked out what she'd been given by the neighbour, she noticed every bit of paper referred to her in abusive phrases, both as a s**g or a w***e.
"That very same day her associate discovered feminine underwear had been left at his entrance door."
The court docket heard that Blacklock then left notes on the brand new boyfriend's doorstep referencing sexual exercise that had taken place between him and the sufferer.
Blacklock then went on to dump garbage on the finish of the lady's driveway and left a brick with "trash for trash" written on it, Mr Ahmed mentioned.
He'd additionally slashed the tyres of her automobile and put grass up its exhaust.
Blacklock's behaviour stopped for some time till January 2021 when he prompted £337.75-worth of harm to the sufferer's associate's van.
Mr Ahmed added: "Not happy with simply the injury prompted to his van, he went on to assault 9 different automobiles within the surrounding streets."
Blacklock was finally arrested however claimed her hadn't harassed the lady and had acted out of a "need to harm her".
In a press release, she mentioned she'd had suicidal ideas, had modified her path to work and had contemplated leaving her job and transferring home.
The court docket was instructed that Blacklock, who has eight offences on his document, was affected by psychological well being points on the time however had since sought assist.
Richard Bloomfield, defending, mentioned: "He isn't been in any bother since his arrest. Earlier than his arrest, he was offending at a speedy tempo. I believe he will be rehabilitated, so the sentence will be suspended."
Blacklock was additionally made topic of a two-month curfew between 9pm and 6am and a restraining order, banning him from contacting the sufferer or her associate.
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