A stalker who sang Pretty Woman to his victim and ordered pizza to eat as he watched her home has been told to stay away from her for three years.
Spurned James Robertson was seen eating a sweetcorn and mushroom pizza outside Jean Wallace's home in the middle of the night.
Perth Sheriff Court heard that Robertson plagued his former partner with numerous unwanted phone calls after she ended their relationship.
The court heard that she suspected he was masturbating during one call because of the noise he was making. Robertson suggested it may have been "a dog licking a bowl."
During one phone call, he professed his love for Ms Wallace and treated to her a rendition of the Roy Orbison hit Pretty Woman.
But in another he told her: "I hope you rot in hell." There were also messages with just the sound of heavy breathing.
The court heard police officers visited the woman at her home in Perth’s McCallum Court to hear some of the recordings she had made.
While officers were in her home, Robertson called again and left a message to say he was going to get pizza.
A short time later, the officers left the property and saw the 50-year-old standing under a street light, eating his pizza.
Robertson, from Perth, was found guilty of engaging in a course of conduct which caused his ex-partner fear or alarm, by repeatedly texting and phoning her and uttering sexual remarks, between November 24 and December 18 last year.
He was convicted of a second, similar charge of repeatedly calling and leaving voicemail messages between September 22 and October 9.
Unemployed Robertson was cleared of an allegation he repeatedly carried out a sex act while leaving voicemail messages.
A recording which his former partner said in evidence sounded like Robertson pleasuring himself was played to the court.
Questioned about this voicemail by fiscal depute Joanne Ritchie, Robertson said he could not remember what he was doing but denied it was anything sexual.
He suggested it could be the noise of "someone eating" or a "dog licking a bowl."
Sheriff Francis Gill told Robertson he did not find his evidence "credible or reliable."
He said: "You ought to have known that your conduct was likely to cause your ex-partner fear or alarm."
The court heard Robertson called his former girlfriend around 15 times a day.
Ms Ritchie said: "She said that the calls were annoying, but she also stated that she was frightened of the accused."
She said Robertson called at unsocial hours and when she blocked his number he used alternative ways to contact her.
Giving evidence, Robertson said he had been in a relationship with the woman "on and off" for about eight years. He claimed she had agreed to marry him at one stage, but later changed her mind.
He admitted he had struggled to cope and get over the end of the relationship.
Asked about the night he was spotted outside her house, he said: "I took some pizza. I was going to share it with her.
"When I saw the police van, I was concerned for her, but I didn't realise the police were there for me."
Asked by solicitor Paul Ralph if he sang down the phone to try and win her over, he said: "Yes, maybe."
PC Lindsay Brown told the court she had visited Ms Wallace late on 23 September 2021 to speak to her about the voicemails.
"She appeared quite nervous," the officer said. "She said she had received messages and was extremely scared by the content of some of them."
When Robertson was charged, he told police: "I was just making sure she was okay."
Sheriff Gill banned Robertson from having any contact with his victim for three years and also placed him under a six-month compulsion order.
In 2018, Robertson admitted flouting bail conditions banning him from contacting the same woman and was fined £500.
The court heard he repeatedly left voicemails for her and gave her the impression bail conditions had been dropped.
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