'Talented' chef made threat to burn down homes of his ex-girlfriend and her mum

MAN MADE TERRIFIED WOMAN'S LIFE A MISERY AND 'TORTURED' HER THROUGH HIS 'HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE' ANTICS

- By MARK NAYLOR

A “TALENTED” head chef made a “bloodcurdling threat” to burn down the homes of his ex-girlfriend and her mother during a “barrage of harassment” that included a series of “vile” and “obnoxious” messages.

Heavy-drinking cocaine user Kieran Lymburn made the terrified woman's life a misery and he “tortured” her through his “highly unpredictable” antics.

She had been left feeling unsafe in her own home and fearing what he might be capable of doing, Hull Crown Court heard.

Lymburn, 32, of Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted stalking between April 28 and July 21, making a threat to damage property and two offences of causing criminal damage on April 29 and two offences of assault on June 1 and December 24 last year.

Ben Hammersley, prosecuting, said that Lymburn and the woman met through a mutual friend and started a relationship in 2023 but it ended in February last year.

During one assault incident on June 1 last year, he went to her home and hit her with a mobile phone, causing an injury above her eye and blood to trickle down from her eyebrow area.

On Christmas Eve, he kicked her while he was at her home and he spat in her face, over her eyes. On April 25 this year, he turned up at her home in a drunken state and she asked him to leave.