These jealous, obsessed men made their victims' lives a misery. Whether it involved stalking an ex-girlfriend or a complete stranger, their selfish actions had terrible consequences for these women.
One lost weight, another said she'd suffered hair loss as a result of the stress while one even started writing a suicide note.
Here are some of the stalkers to appear before Manchester's courts in recent months. After Qhobadpour's victim rejected his romantic advances, he subjected her to a terrifying campaign of harassment.
He even started stalking her friend to try and get to her. Qhobadpour met the woman through his job working at a shisha bar.
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