A menace who hounded four ex-girlfriends when their relationships finished was given jailed today for his phone and text blitz in the latest case.
Matthew Waller, 30, from Stockton, now has convictions for harassing all of the women.
A judge at Teesside Crown Court imposed a restraining order banning him indefinitely from contacting the most recent ex by any means.
Prosecutor Paul Abrahams said that she was in an 18-month on-off relationship with Waller until August last year.
On August 29 she obtained a non-molestation order against him through the civil courts.
But he ignored it by bombarding her with 50 to 60 calls a day on his mobile phone and 30 texts.
The Stockton woman accepted that she contacted him in response to some of them,but the court order meant that he should not have contacted her.
She reported him to police and it emerged during questioning that in mid April last year when they were still in a relationship he had attacked her when she was in the bath.
He pulled down the shower curtain and he began beating her with it.
She also said that in June he thumped her in the face after calling her a an abusive word because he did not want her to continue working in a bar.
He was arrested on September 29 and he accepted that he had contacted her and her parents.
Mr Abrahams told the judge: “He has a long history of matters relating to domestic violence.
“He has convictions following the breakdown of three other relationships.
“This series of text messages show how he conducts himself when his relationships hit rocky ground. Clearly the Crown have concerns, which is why we seek a restraining order.”
Duncan McReddie, defending, said that the latest woman’s statement had shown that she had been willing to contact Waller on occasions.
He added: “I anticipate that the court will have some concern after what the prosecution describes as a pattern of behaviour.”
Mr McReddie said that Waller had been remanded in custody for the equivalent of a 10-month sentence.
The judge Recorder Michael Slater told Waller: “I am satisfied that the relationship is over and to make sure that it remains so in your head I am going to impose a restraining order that you are banned indefinitely from contacting her in any way or you are liable for up to five years jail.”
Waller, of Wembley Way, Stockton, was given a 10 month jail sentence and the restraining order and ordered to pay £100 victim surcharge after he pleaded guilty to three breaches of the non-molestation order and harassment.
The judge told him that he should be released from prison within the next three days because of the time he had already served.
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