A grieving mum was left petrified when her ex partner stalked her days after they lost their twins.
The pregnant woman had already moved home to get away from Kevin Myers but he tracked her down after her employer inadvertently disclosed her new address in a letter sent to her former home, where he still was.
Newcastle Crown Court heard Myers was given a restraining order in April preventing him from contacting his ex partner, after he was convicted of common assault. Emma Dowling, prosecuting, said: "She was pregnant with twins. Sadly they were lost and as a result of the bereavement she agreed to allow a third party to have limited contact with the defendant in the presence of a nurse for the purposes of discussing what had happened.
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"At that stage she says it clear she didn't want anything to do with him beyond that and he should not have known where she lived."
The twins died on June 24 and she then started getting contact from him on July 3. He phoned her, saying they needed each other due to the death of the twins and she told him to leave her alone and hung up. The following day, he tried to call her again then turned up at her home, shouting things through the letterbox and demanding documents for the funeral.
She told him to go away and he threatened to burn her house down. He then remained in her street, cycling up and down outside her home, leaving her feeling "petrified" and she called police.
The woman had moved home to get away from him and he wasn't supposed to know where she was. But Miss Dowling said: "It seems he found her address because, unfortunately, her employer sent a letter to her old address, where he was living, containing information about her new address."
On July 6 she got a call from his friends saying he was threatening to kill himself and that she should get in touch with him and she contacted the police, concerned for his welfare. She then got a call from him, laughing down the phone at her. She said: "I've just recently lost my two sons. I don't want any contact from him but I don't want him to hurt himself. He was not serious about killing himself, he just wanted me to react."
Referring to a victim impact statement, Miss Dowling said: "She said she was petrified. She was grieving for the loss of her boys on June 24.
"She said she was going to have to move again. She had already moved and thought she was safe where she was. Her address was inadvertently disclosed and the defendant was straight round."
Myers, 34, of Locomotion Way, North Shields, who has 87 previous convictions, was convicted of stalking and breaching a restraining order and was jailed for six months and given a 10-year restraining order.
Brian Mark, defending, said: "He also lost his children. He has got his own vulnerabilitites. One can't underestimate the impact of losing his children.
"He is not very good at controlling his emotions. He accepts it was disgraceful what he did. He will never go to see her again and he apologises for his conduct."
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