A stalker who flew 10,000 miles from Australia to trace down his former girlfriend in Scotland has been jailed for eight months and banned from contacting his sufferer for a decade.
Jordan McKenzie, 27, bombarded the girl with messages and despatched her flowers and different items from his residence in Brisbane after they met via on-line gaming.
She ended their romance after a number of weeks and he returned residence solely to start bombarding her with flowers and items.
However when the care residence employee refused to have additional contact with him, he made a malicious allegation towards her to the Nursery and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Software program engineer McKenzie flew to Scotland and confronted his sufferer who referred to as in police.
However her ordeal didn't finish after he continued to terrorise her by sending letters from his cell in HMP Barlinnie, Glasgow.
McKenzie appeared at Airdrie Sheriff Courtroom and admitted a 13-month harassment marketing campaign towards the girl and two others between March 2020 and April final yr.
He was sentenced to 35 weeks by Sheriff Fergus Thomson however will now be deported again to Australia as a result of time already served behind bars.
It's understood McKenzie was taken from the courtroom straight to a detention centre whereas the method begins to take him again to his homeland.
He was additionally handed a ten yr non-harassment order by the sheriff.
The courtroom beforehand heard McKenzie demanded his sufferer's pals organize for them to fulfill and warned he would kill himself if she continued to disregard him.
He went straight to her residence after arriving on a flight from Dubai in December 2020 earlier than he was arrested and remanded in custody.
Police stated the sufferer had had her world 'turned the wrong way up' by McKenzie and left 'bodily, mentally and emotionally drained'.
McKenzie, who represented himself in courtroom, claimed he was fearful concerning the impression the case would have on his future job prospects.
The case was hit with a string of delays after 40 attorneys refused to take him on as a consumer.
Social staff had deemed him 'unsuitable' for any sentence apart from custody.
PC Claire Younger, of Police Scotland, stated earlier: "A girl's life was turned the wrong way up by McKenzie's behaviour.
"His incapacity to simply accept his consideration was undesirable has left her bodily, mentally and emotionally drained.
"Stalking is a critical type of abuse. I hope his conviction offers her some consolation."
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