'Master manipulator' jailed after campaign of harassment left his ex-girlfriend terrified

HE LEFT HER FEARING THAT HE WOULD KILL HER ONE DAY

- By MARK NAYLOR

A BULLYING “master manipulator” repeatedly targeted his terrified ex-girlfriend in a campaign of nasty harassment and he left her fearing that he would kill her one day.

Ross Stubbs seemed determined to “instil terror” in the young woman by his constant pestering of her, including a “sinister” message in which he filmed himself making a menacing gun gesture.

The times that he tormented her were “hell” and he knew “how to play the system’. It was “all a game to him” and he was “no saint” and “no angel” in his cruel antics, Hull Crown Court heard.

Stubbs, 26, of east Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted five offences of breaching a restraining order and another offence of harassment between November 9 and December 16 last year.

Julia Baggs, prosecuting, said that Stubbs and the woman were in a relationship for about two years but they separated in November 2021.

A restraining order was made in February 2022 after he was convicted of violent offences against her. The restraining order was later extended indefinitely.