Jealous ex stalked former partner and showed sexual snaps to her boss and boyfriend
dailyrecord.co.ukA jealous ex intent on making his former partner feel humiliated carried out a terrifying campaign of stalking, which involved showing explicit images to her boss and boyfriend.
Jonathon Blacklock, 50, had a brief relationship with the victim back in 2020 and did not take it well when it came to an end.Newcastle Crown Court heard how an obsessed Blacklock embarked on an "appalling sequence of actions to inflict harm and humiliation", Chronicle Live reports.Blacklock sprayed offensive graffiti about his ex around a small village, sent abusive text messages, left vile notes at her home, slashed her car tyres and dumped rubbish outside of her house over a two-month period.He also showed sexual photos of her to both her boss and partner, prosecutors said.During the course of the stalking, Blacklock mindlessly slashed the tyres of 10 other vehicles, whose owner's had nothing to do with him or his ex.His actions left the victim feeling suicidal and contemplating leaving her job and moving house, the court heard.
Blacklock, of Longframlington, Northumberland, has now been spared jail after he pleaded guilty to stalking, two counts of disclosing private sexual photographs and 12 counts of criminal damage.
Giving him a 14-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, Judge Edward Bindloss said: "You undertook an appalling sequence of actions, which inflicted harm and humiliation upon her - stalking, disclosing sexual images and criminal damage to her vehicle. "In addition, on January 22, you went on a mindless spree of criminal damage against 10 other cars by putting a knife into the car tyres and creating 10 victims, who had nothing to do with anything."The judge added: "The stalking was over two months, although you
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