A mum has been left fearing she will be killed by her "thorough nuisance" of an ex-boyfriend.
Dale Parsonage, from Whiston, subjected his former partner to a campaign of harassment despite being already banned from contacting her by a restraining order. On one occasion, Peppa Pig books and balloons were even left inside her Newton-le-Willows home while she was out.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Thursday, that he and victim Rebecca Gill had been in a relationship for around eight years and have a three-year-old daughter together. The partnership was "initially good but became toxic towards the end", and the couple split in July 2020.