A man has been fined for stalking his girlfriend after the breakdown of their relationship.
Carl David Ayre harassed his ex-girlfriend by following her repeatedly around Billingham and bombarding her with hundreds of calls and text messages.
The 23-year-old regularly visited her home, Teesside Magistrates' Court heard, banging on her windows, turning up at her gym and on one occasion, at a friend’s home.
He also offered her flowers in a bid to win her back.
The court heard how his former partner had been forced to “restructure her life” to avoid him as no matter where she went “he appeared to be there.”
She had also tried to change her mobile phone number in a bid to cut off contact with him.
The couple were together for three years and their relationship had been “non-harmonious” but not violent.
Police had been called on one occasion.
Dominic Tate, defending, said Ayre had struggled to accept the end of the relationship in June this year.
“This was the break-up of a relationship and it’s fair to say he didn’t take it very well,” he said.
“He accepts he would have caused her harassment by his actions.
“The messages weren’t threatening in any way and some where being responded to.
“There has been no further communication.
"He is employed and now just wants to move on from his previous life and the problems that it caused.”
Ayre, of Chiltons Avenue in Billingham, pleaded guilty to the stalking offence and was fined £265.
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