Obsessed stalker drove eight-hour round trip to throw paint on woman's car

A stalker drove 460 miles to pour red paint over a former colleague’s car, slash her tyres and leave a threatening note. Reece Chipperfield quickly became infatuated with his ex-co-worker during the four month period they worked together in a hotel.

Once arrested for destroying the victim’s car and bailed with orders to avoid the woman, Chipperfield insisted on sending her unwanted cards and threatening letters. The 28-year-old’s obsession with the victim grew as they worked together.

He sent her an unwanted bracelet, text messages, and contacted her work colleagues about her shift patterns without her permission. On April 6 she told him to stop and just four days later he made the journey from his home in Thurlestone, Devon, to the unnamed hotel.