An “obsessive” and “creepy” stalker left a woman “frightened” and in tears as he subjected her to six months of disturbing encounters including turning up whenever she went out.
Ian Barton, 31, of St Pauls Close, Runcorn appeared at Chester Crown Court for sentence on Thursday, and was twice sent down to the cells for disrupting proceedings during the hearing before sentence was finally passed in his absence. Peter Hussey, prosecuting, said Barton's stalking took place between May and November last year, during which time Barton subjected his victim to an array of “obsessive” behaviour and “harassing her”.
Mr Hussey said the working mother-of-three, who lived in the neighbourhood, was left “fearful of leaving her house”. She said Barton “would always be looking over into her property” over a fence, and this happened “multiple times on a daily basis”.
