Jilted man put tracker on ex's car and made her life a misery

A STALKER who couldn't deal with the fact his partner had left him went on to make her life a misery.

- JONATHON HILL

Ian Andrews, of York Terrace, Tredegar, “relentlessly” stalked his former partner until she became so exhausted she was too unwell to go to work or leave her own home.

Andrews, who had previous convictions for harassment and offences of a similar nature, embarked on a stalking campaign which consumed his new victim's life.

Mathew Comer, prosecuting, told Newport Crown Court the defendant would continue to leave “gifts” at the victim’s house and at her workplace, fitted a tracker to her car and kept creating new profiles on social media to message her.

On one occasion, Andrews left white roses on the woman’s car outside her work that he had stolen from a nearby resident's garden.

Mr Comer said his offending was relentless and was designed in its nature to cause maximum distress.

During Gwent Police’s investigation the force discovered a tracker located under the woman's vehicle in February of this year.