Heartbroken Lorry Driver Flouted Court Order To Continue Chasing Ex

"I Just Called To Say I Love You": Sliackus

A love-sick lorry driver who couldn't handle splitting with his ex flouted the court order she took out against him by continuing to send her texts, emails and flowers, a court heard today.

Lithuanian-born Jonas Sliackus, 52, of Towermill Road, Ipswich pleaded guilty to breaching a Family Court's non-molestation order between January 10 and July 12, last year by continuing to contact his girlfriend of four years Birute Pilypiene.

He was placed on a twelve-month community order, which includes rehab of up to forty days and must pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Bexley Magistrates Court imposed a new three-year restraining order, prohibiting Sliackus from contacting Ms Pilypiene or visiting her address in Grove Park, south-east London.

Prosecutor Denise Clewes said the couple split in December, 2017 and following an incident the following month Ms Pilypiene successfully applied for the non-molestation order at East London Family Court.

“A week after the court order she started getting text messages from him and the context of them implied he still loved her and wanted to be with her.

“She was getting messages every day for six months. She ignored them at first , hoping he would lose interest and then became scared.”

On June 29, last year she received a text from Sliackus, which read: 'You look good.'

“This made her scared he was watching or following her and he sent flowers on at least two occasions, including St. Valentine's Day.”

On March 8 something was left on the windscreen of her car and she found her fuel cap had been broken.

She told the police: “I am scared, anxious and paranoid and afraid of walking in public in the evening. I am driving instead of walking and cannot relax and live the life I want to live.”

A probation officer told the court Sliackus “struggled to cope with the end of the relationship” and “tried to win her back with lots of affection.”

Sliackus admitted using his ex's sister and neighbour as ways of contacting her, blaming his own “emotional instability.”

He told the court: “I'm sorry.”

District Judge Vanessa Lloyd noted there had been no incidents since Sliackus's arrest, adding: “None of the communications were threatening in nature, but that does not mean they did not feel threatening to Ms Pilypiene.

“She obtained an order against you and was entitled to feel safe,” the judge told Sliackus.

“By you breaching that order she lost that feeling of safety. I am sure she felt she was constantly under attack from you.”