Ex-professional cricketer sent back to jail for what he did on dating app

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A former professional cricketer who stalked an ex-girlfriend has been sent back to prison after he started a new relationship online.

Grant Hodnett, a South African who played at county level, was jailed for 18 months in February this year for stalking the former partner as well as breaching a restraining order to protect a second woman he previously stalked.

The 42-year-old was released on license in September after serving half of his sentence, the Liverpool Echo reports. As part of his licence conditions he was required to inform his probation officer of any developing relationships.

But in late November Cheshire Constabulary received a notification from a neighbouring force that Hodnett, most recently of Coniston Avenue in Winsford, Cheshire, had started a relationship with a woman he'd met via an online dating app. READ MORE: Riot thug who tried to burn down asylum seeker hotel jailed Due to his offending history this triggered a response from the force's specialist stalking investigation and risk management unit.