Stalker who threatened to rape woman contacted her again to profess his love

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A stalker who was warned to leave his victim alone after a terrifying campaign of harassment which included rape threats contacted her online to profess his love.

Robert Edington was put on a suspended prison sentence and given a restraining order in October after leaving his ex partner terrified by bombarding her with calls and repeatedly turning up at her workplace and her friend's home.

The TV aerial engineer could not accept the end of his two-and-a-half year relationship and tried to use threats to himself and her to force her to change her mind.

Last year's hearing heard he made up to 100 unwanted calls to her a day and even followed her into the female toilets of a pub, peering over the cubicle.

Now he has been back in court after contacting her online in breach of the restraining order.

She had made her Instagram account private in order to prevent him messaging her but when it was changed to a business account, it automatically became public.