'Eddie Catz' Kids Playcentre Founder Charged With Spying On Girls And Women

The wealthy boss of a well-known children’s soft play centre chain has appeared in court charged with filming girls and women at his business’s toilets and changing rooms and in a swimming pool’s private cubicles.

Darren Johnson, 51, resigned from Eddie Catz after he was arrested and charged with nine counts of voyeurism, including the filming two 14 year-old girls at a local leisure centre.

He founded the nationwide play centre, which has a tie-in with Mothercare, with his wife Maria over a decade ago and the couple share a £1.3m home.

The charges relate to filming at his Earlsfield play centre in south-west London and the nearby Putney Leisure Centre. 

Johnson, of Rodway Road, Putney Village appeared on bail at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, which sent him to Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court.

He is charged with five counts of voyeurism for sexual gratification between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2012.

Johnson is charged with two more similar offences relating to between January 1, 2016 and June 12, last year.

He is further charged with two more counts of voyeurism relating to the two 14 year-old schoolgirls at the leisure centre on June 5, last year. 

Prosecutor Ms Amanda McCabe told the court the teenage girls were in the same cubicle when they noticed somebody was holding an iPhone under the partition.

“The girls became very distressed,” added the prosecutor, explaining Johnson was identified via the centre’s CCTV and the distinctive backpack her was carrying. 

Officers raided his house on June 12, last year and seized a computer, iPad, a mobile phone and the backpack caught on CCTV.

“Images of several women in varying degrees of undress from the private staff changing room at Eddie Catz are found.”

The court was also told there were peepholes in the toilets at the play centre.

He was bailed on conditions he does not enter any Eddie Catz centre; uses mixed use and womens changing-rooms; contacts complainants, staff and witnesses or uses a camera, phone or video recorder to take images.

"Couple Of Glasses Of Wine" Put NHS PA Over Drink-Drive Limit

Wimbledon Magistrates Court

An NHS administrator was caught drink-driving after “a couple of glasses of wine” when police spotted her looking at her phone while behind the wheel.

Yvonne Stupple, 58, from West Brompton, a PA for Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust says she is “mortified” by her arrest and court appearance.

She pleaded guilty to driving her Chevrolet vehicle with excess alcohol in her breath in York Road, Battersea at 10.25pm on May 25.

Her reading was 41 microgrammes - slightly over the 35 limit.

Wimbledon Magistrates Court heard officers pulled Stupple over after seeing her phone in her hand although she says her vehicle was stationary at the time.

As far as the officers were concerned she failed to pull over satisfactorily and appeared confused.

They followed her around a large roundabout and she stopped opposite a petrol station.

When asked if she had been drinking Stupple confessed she had a few glasses of wine.

Her lawyer told the court: “It is a case of misjudgement. She did not feel she was under the influence of alcohol.

“She waited a few hours and thought she was fine to drive.

“She puts her hands up and takes full responsibility.

“She is very embarrassed and is remorseful. She was stationary when she looked at her phone.

“She is mortified she is in this position after a couple of glasses of wine.”

Stupple was disqualified from driving for twelve months and fined £500, with £85 costs and ordered to pay a £50 victim surcharge.

Greenwich Observatory's Public Astronomer Charged With Downloading Child Porn

A Greenwich observatory astronomer, accused of making indecent photographs of children, has appeared in court for the first time.

Marek Kukula, 49, who has had a senior role at the Royal Museums Greenwich for the last decade, holds the title of Public Astronomer.

Kukula, of Millennium Square, Borough appeared on bail at Camberwell Green Magistrates Court, which sent him to Inner London Crown Court.

He is charged that on or before October 5, last year he made 34 Category A indecent images of a child.

He also faces two further charges that on or before the same date he made 107 Category B and 266 Category C indecent images of a child.

Kukula describes himself as an experienced science communicator with a background in astronomy research at UK universities and NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute.

At the Royal Observatory Greenwich he oversees science content and exhibitions and public programmes and is a spokesperson for the landmark institution.

He is the author of two books: ‘The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who’ and ‘The Intimate Universe.’

While a project manager and researcher in residence at the University of Edinburgh he managed a national scheme to train young researchers and match them with secondary schools.

He has a degree in Physics with Astrophysics and a PhD in Radio Astronomy from the University of Manchester.

He was bailed to appear at the crown court on July 10.

Lord's Lover Accused Of Pigs Blood Vandalism Of Pied a Terre

Outside Court: Lizzie

The ex-Olympic showjumping lover of Tory Lord David Prior broke into their former love-nest and used pigs blood to daub the walls with offensive words and symbols, a court heard.

Lizzie Purbrick, 63, of Northgate Hall Farm, The Street, Warham, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk denies the charge.

She appeared for the first time at Camberwell Green Magistrates Court charged with burgling the house in Cardigan Street, Lambeth, with intent to do unlawful damage on May 9.

Purbrick, a member of Great Britain’s 1980 equestrian team, will return to the same court for trial on July 17.

Her lawyer Mr. Simon Nicholls told the court: “It is said she has gone to her ex-lover’s flat in London with two pints of pigs blood and daubed the walls with words and symbols.

“Lord Prior is the complainant and the address is the location where they would meet.”

Purbrick won the Amanda Dish at 1984’s Badmington Horse Trials and in 1978 competed at the World Championships in Lexington, Kentucky.

Pigs Blood: Lord Prior's House

In 1981 she was a member of the gold medal-winning British team at the European Championships.

Outside court she corrected her lawyer and said “five litres” of pigs blood was used to daub “offensive and explicit” words inside the property.

Lord Prior’s official title is Baron Prior of Brampton and the Charterhouse School and Cambridge-educated peer married Caroline Holmes on St. Valentine’s Day, 1987 and they have a son and daughter.

He was a Conservative MP for North Norfolk between 1997 and 2001 is currently Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in the House of Lords.

The former investment banker, 63, is the chairman of University College Hospital and was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health in David Cameron’s government.

The defence have requested his presence at the trial for cross-examination.

Octogenarian Denies Double Pub Grope

An octogenarian accused of a double sex assault at a pub near London Bridge has appeared in court for the first time.

Jaime Arrochelalobo, 80, of 108 Brinklow House, Torquay Street, Paddington denies the allegations.

He is charged with two counts of sexually assaulting a female at St. Christopher's Inn, Borough High Street, Southwark on March 25.

Arrochelalobo appeared on bail at Camberwell Green Magistrates Court.

A trial date was set for July 24 at Croydon Magistrates Court.

Boozy Cricket Fan Bit Lord's Security Guard At Test Match

Lord's Cricket Ground

A drunken cricket fan, who had been drinking beer and champagne at a Lord's test match, assaulted two security guards – biting one of them - as he tried to re-enter the ground.

Construction company boss Ross Allen, 39, of Westfield Close, Gravesend had attended the England v Pakistan match with family and friends.

The father-of-two pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court to assaulting Earl Annakie and Djan Salih and being drunk and disorderly at the St. John's Wood ground on May 25.

The magistrate told him: “This was a most unfortunate episode and there were certain aggravating features.

“You were drunk and this involved security staff.

“It was a lengthy episode and there was a bite and that must have caused a great deal of anguish.”

However, the magistrate added: “We appreciate you have shown remorse and that you have been under stress.”

Allen was ordered to complete 40 hours community service and was fined £100 with £85 costs, plus an £85 victim surcharge.

He must also pay £500 compensation to Djan Salih, the security guard he bit.

Russian Mobile Phone Tycoon Denies Punching Uber Taxi

Outside Court: Chichvarkin

A drunken Russian mobile phone tycoon - once reportedly worth £1.2 billion - dented an Uber driver’s bonnet with an angry punch during an evening out with friends in Soho, a court heard.

Evgeny Chichvarkin, 43, who sold retail chain Yevroset for approximately £280m in September, 2008 denies punching the white BMW, which he had booked, and will stand trial on August 17.

He lives in exile at a £6.6m apartment in The Little Boltons, West Brompton and in August, 2012 he launched new venture, award-winning Hedonism Wines in Davies Street, Mayfair. 

Chichvarkin pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court to causing criminal damage to the three-litre vehicle, belonging to Lefter Petronel-Sebastian in Rupert Street on December 9, last year.

Prosecutor Mr. Jonathan Bryan said: “The complainant is an Uber driver booked to take the defendant. The defendant didn’t arrive on time so the Uber driver drove off and stopped at the lights.

“The defendant tried to stop him and when he was told the booking had been cancelled in anger and frustration he bangs his fist down on the bonnet causing the dent.

“Two police officers did not see the incident, but one of them says he did hear a bang. The officers give evidence that he is drunk at the time.

“The complainant can say there is a dent there that was not there before.”

There are no pictures of the alleged damage and Chichvarkin can be heard on the officers’ body-worn cameras asking: “Where is the damage? I haven’t damaged the vehicle. Where’s the damage?”

He was arrested that evening and held in police custody overnight and questioned by police the next day.

Chichvarkin’s lawyer told the court his client runs businesses and “invests heavily” in the UK and a criminal conviction would be “very damaging.”

He was bailed to stand trial at City of London Magistrates Court.

Chichvarkin is the founder of Russia’s largest mobile phone retailer Yevroset and at one time was the richest man under thirty-five years-old in his country.

He was the winner of Ernst & Young’s ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2005 and also received Russian awards including the ‘Order of Glory of Russia’ and ‘Order of glory of the Fatherland.’

Chichvarkin has lived in exile in London for the past decade, campaigning against Russian corruption and Vladimir Putin as a member of the Right Cause political party.

Reality Star "Suicidal" After Stun-Gun Cocaine Arrest Damaged His Brand

A finalist of ITV2’s ’Survival Of The Fittest’ felt suicidal at damaging his ‘brand’ after police found an electric stun gun and cocaine during a raid on his bedroom in his mother’s house.

Fitness trainer and model David Pearse Lundy, 26, was woken in bed by police looking for firearms and weapons during the early-morning search.

Lundy, of Aragon Road, Morden pleaded guilty at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court to possessing a prohibited weapon and two small paper wraps of cocaine on December 21, last year.

He was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months and ordered to perform 120 hours community service.

Lundy was also fined £75 for the cocaine charge and ordered to pay £670 costs.

The raid was before he made the final of the show - dubbed Love Island’s winter alternative - which was shot in South Africa featuring teams of Boys v Girls.

Fortunately the charge was reduced from a more serious one, which carries a minimum of five years imprisonment. 

“A doctor’s report describes the depressive and anxiety issues that this defendant suffers from and the fear engendered in him from damaging the brand he has worked so hard for,” said Mr. Oliver Blunt QC, defending.

“He has had thoughts of suicide, but has been persuaded from that as his mother needs his assistance and support.”   

Prosecutor Mr. Nicholas Dunham told the court: “Police officers executing a search warrant went to David Lundy’s home address.

“The door was opened by his mother, who said he was upstairs asleep in bed.

“Officers went upstairs and woke him up and asked if there were any guns or weapons in the room.

“He said there was a torch with an electric thing on the end in a chest of drawers.

“The officer opened the drawer and found the black torch described by Mr. Lundy.

“They searched the wardrobe and Mr. Lundy directed them to two paper wraps and said: ‘It’s coke. Some stuff for a Christmas night out.’

“He was arrested and made no reply and taken to the police station, where he made no comment in interview.”

The ‘torch’ was tested by expert Nicola Hater, who said: “It was a duel-purpose hand-held shock device, known as a stun gun with a torch attached to it.

“It was covered in black tape and the meta heads were flush with the outer casing. It was powered by an integral chargeable battery.”

The stun gun was tested and was in working order, delivering an electric charge.

Mr. Dunham added: “Discharges are meant to incapacitate by interfering with muscle control, causing spasms, pain, mental confusion and loss of balance.”

Lundy’s QC said imprisonment would prevent him participating in  a ’Survival of the Fittest’ v ‘Eastenders’ charity football match on June 23 to raise funds for the John Hopkins Trust cancer charity.

“You could not have clearly more co-operation from the defendant. It was he that pointed out to the police where this device would be located in a drawer in a chest of drawers and where this minute amount of cocaine would be located.

“In fairness to Mr. Lundy he could not have been more co-operative at the scene with the police officers.

“He is by way of occupation a freelance model and personal trainer.

“By way of notoriety he participated in ITV2’s ‘Survival of the Fittest’, an eight-week engagement and in fact reached the final.”

The court heard Lundy is due to take over management of a government-run Woking fitness centre on July 1, on a salary of £23,500.

Lundy assists his petite mother Tracey Jane Lundy in caring for his sister Emma, 29, who has cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy.

“She has considerable handicaps,” said Mr. Blunt. “His mother needs the assistance of David to care for her severely disabled daughter.

“She simply cannot cope without the assistance of her son.”

Recently Lundy’s anti-anxiety prescription was doubled.

“Despite suffering from depression and anxiety himself he has helped others as an ambassador for that condition.”

A woman suffering cancer of the cervix wrote a reference for Lundy describing him as “sincere, dependable, loyal and honest.”

Lundy was given the stun gun a year and a half earlier while employed as a bouncer at the West End’s Hippodrome nightclub.

“While he was working there he was given the object by a co-employee. 

‘It was found in a chest of drawers. Mr. Lundy had not handled it for over eighteen months and dumped it in a drawer. It was not even charged.”

He is a volunteer with ‘Kingston Street Pastors’. “Mr. Lundy has a great relationship with Kingston Police,” said the QC.

The lawyer also produced a reference commending Lundy for staying with and helping a bleeding young woman suffering a serious head wound outside the Hippodrome.

He has contracts with three Public Relations companies, including Toto and Streamline. as he pursues a celebrity career and fear he may fall foul of their “unacceptable behaviour” clauses and be dumped.

“There is a risk that Mr. Lundy’s pleas could result in termination of his contracts. That he has damaged his reputation,’ added the QC.

“There are a lot of really positive features about this young man, who appears before the court for the first time and is of good character.”

Judge Georgina Kent told Lundy: “It’s dangerous because weapons like these can be used to incapacitate and in the wrong hands be used to inflict serious harm.

“It is sold in some countries as self-defence, but not in this country. 

‘You have no previous convictions. From what I have heard you are a hard-working man of positive character with medical issues of your own and relied on by your family.

“You worked as a doorman. You knew this weapon was prohibited and potentially dangerous.

“As a fitness instructor you do not need me to tell you how dangerous Class A drugs are.”

Marina War: Thameside Resident Smashes CCTV And Confronts Yacht Owner On Doorstep

Stephen & Christine Parsons

A bitter dispute between Thames side residents and a luxury marina saw CCTV cameras smashed and a yacht owner telling a court he ‘fought for his life,’ during a doorstep confrontation.

Residents of million pound homes claim motion-sensor alarms protecting yachts moored at the bottom of their gardens in Hampton  constantly wake them at night.

They have also made multiple planning objections to proposals to develop Hampton Riviera Boatyard and claim yacht owners were cashing-in by running illegal B&B’s from their vessels.

Retired construction boss Stephen Howard Parsons, 65, who lives in £1.2m Thames Cottage, Hampton Court Road, East Molesey was caught on camera smashing the cameras one night.

He pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to the security equipment owned by marina boss Myck Djurberg, 58, and yacht owner Klaus Beversluis, 50 on January 8.

Parsons was also convicted of threatening behaviour at Mr. Beversluis’s girlfriend’s home in Dorchester Road, Worcester Park the next day and causing criminal damage to the front door.

He received a twelve-month community order and must complete 80 hours community service.

Parsons was also ordered to pay £100 compensation for Mr. Beversluis’s camera and £150 for Natasha Knight’s front door.

The court made an indefinite restraining order prohibiting him contacting the couple and Mr. Djurberg.

Wimbledon Magistrates Court heard he was caught on camera smashing the CCTV with a large wooden bat at 9.45pm, including one protecting the ‘Lucy Aswell’ one of three boats owned by Mr. Beversluis. 

Klaus Beversluis & Natasha Knight

“A baton or stick was used with extreme force five times on Mr. Djurberg’s camera,” said prosecutor Lydia Marshall Bain. “The same person returns and damages the CCTV of a boat moored by the jetty.”

IT Consultant Mr. Beversluis was relaxing on another boat with girlfriend Natasha Knight, 46, who describes herself as an ‘entrepreneur’ when he received a security alert on his phone.

He called the police, but ironically ended up in police cells that night, suspected of assaulting Parsons’s neighbour, former EastEnders actor Will Chitty, as the row escalated.

However, Mr.Beversluis says he was attacked. “I had injuries caused by Will and his wife running after me and pushing me into bushes.”

On January 9 he was at Natasha’s home, along with her sons, aged 12 and 14 years-old, when Parsons turned up, accompanied by his wife Christine.

“He shouted: ‘You’ve made a big f***ing mistake’ and forced his way through the door and I tried to push back. His hands pushed the door and then his leg came through the doorway.

“I almost couldn’t believe it, it was a surreal experience. I knew him from the marina, but to see him shouting at the door was very frightening.

“He was shouting and was very, very aggressive and if he accessed the property there would have been a lot of damage to humans or property. He was rampaging.

“He has assaulted us before and threatened to throw Natasha into the river. He was using all of his force, his leg was blocking the door, I couldn’t close it.

Myck Djurberg

“Natasha’s older son, Owen, was screaming: ‘Mummy, mummy!’ It was a harrowing experience for him, he was very scared.

“Natasha also pushed against the door and we managed to exit him. The door was damaged, bent and would not close properly thereafter.

“I felt very, very shaken, very rattled and fearful that he continued to try and push himself into the house despite a child screaming inside, who he could see in front of him.”

Mr. Beversluis admitted renting out his boats, a sideline shut down by the council after local residents’ objections. “I don’t think that is illegal in this day and age,” he argued.

He said the doorstep confrontation lasted approximately sixty seconds. “When you feel like you are fighting for your life that one minute feels very long indeed.”

Mr. Beversluis suggested the CCTV destruction was in preparation for an assault on him later. “We have photographs of Mr. Parsons walking around the marina at 1.30pm that day taking pictures of where the CCTV was.

“This was so he would know where they were to damage with a baseball bat before the assault on me.”

Natasha told the court: “I just heard him screaming, bellowing. I was scared and there have been lots of threats.”

Parsons told the court he wanted to sound a personal alarm in Mr. Beversluis’s face to give him a taste of what the residents had endured, but the front door was slammed on him.

“The previous night the people in that house had shone high-powered laser lights through our windows and ran off. I was going to insist they stop harassing us at our home address.

“I said in a calm, clear voice: ‘You made a big mistake attacking my family.’

“I tried to set the personal alarm off, but couldn’t get it to work properly. The same two people have alarms at the bottom of my garden that have gone off the previous two days.

“They were so loud all three houses there were continually woken up at night.”

Parsons claimed Mr. Beversluis damaged his own door. “It was slammed in my face with great force.

“I consider myself the victim and I did not go there hot tempered or angry. 

“I wanted to sort out a long-standing problem. The people in that house were running an illegal bed and breakfast from the boats.

“The previous night they were not relaxing on their other boat, but were shining lights. He has been intent on provocation and intimidation for months.”

The court heard the local residents have made multiple complaints about the marina to the police, the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, the Environmental Agency and local MP Vince Cable.

Parsons wife Christine said: “They were shining laser lights into our living-room while we were with friends. 

“They knew where we lived and we wanted them to know we knew where they lived and to ask them to stop intimidating us.”

Magistrate Hilary Parker told Parsons: “You took with you an alarm with the intention that they should appreciate the sound of it at close quarters.

“You visited that house with the intention of causing Mr. Beversluis alarm and distress. We don’t find your version of events credible.”

Former Judo Champ Sentenced For Road Rage Assault

Lionel Hibbert

A former British judo champion has been sentenced for knocking a mini-cab driver to the ground after spitting in his face during a road rage confrontation.

Lionel Hibbert, 53, who won the title in 1992 and now teaches kids got into a confrontation after both drivers competed for the same lane in heavy traffic.

The social housing builder, of Wood Close, Kingsbury, an instructor at Pride Judo Club, Vale Farm Sport Centre, North Wembley, says he’s been the victim of a miscarriage of justice. 

He claims he only spat at mini-cab driver Zabihullah Habib’s windscreen after receiving racial abuse and used just his left arm put him to the floor in self-defence.

Hibbert was convicted of assaulting Mr. Habib in Watford Road, Wembley on March 12 and received a twelve month community order.

He must complete 150 hours community service, pay £100 compensation to the victim, £500 costs and an £85 victim surcharge. 

The incident was captured on video by a passing motorist, which Hibbert says exonerates him, but the court refused to admit it as evidence.

The victim told Willesden Magistrates Court Hibbert cut him up in the middle of busy rush-hour traffic at 5pm.

“He managed to get in front of me when he should not have been in the bus lane to do it and caused the traffic to come to a standstill as he blocked both lanes and I sounded my horn.

Zabihullah Habib

“He put his head out of the window and started swearing at me and got out of the vehicle. He was very angry, very aggressive, swearing at the same time.

“I got out to tell him he had to move, that he was in my way and he spat at me. It landed on the left-hand side of my cheek.

“I returned to my car to make a note of his registration number and asked my cousin to call the police.

“As I was trying to take a note I suddenly received a punch to the back of my head, the right side of my neck.

I fell to the ground and landed on my knees and started to feel pain and my right arm started to bleed.”

The cabbie claimed Hibbert tried to flee in a panic. “I opened his door to stop him and he got out of his car and ran after me, trying to hit me.”

Hibbert told the court he exchanged glances with Mr. Habib as they fought for road space. “He drove straight towards me and hit my wheel arch and just carried on.

“I said to him: ‘Are you f***ing crazy?’ He stood in front of my face and called me a dirty black b******.

“I was shocked and thought he was going to do something and there were a few more racial overtones. It was wrong, but I spat on his windscreen.

“He made a very aggressive walk towards me and made a bit of a lunge and I thought he was going to punch me.

“I pulled him towards me, spun him around and set him on the floor. I never punched him.”

Hibbert told the magistrates: “I represented Great Britain for over fifteen years all over the world competing.

“It was minimum force. I just grabbed him and put him on the floor before he could throw a fist at me.”

Hibbert Puts Habib On The Ground

An eye witness came forward to say Hibbert was aggressive and angry and at one point had Mr. Habib in a headlock and the cabbie’s cousin backed-up his account.

Hibbert spent over fourteen hours in police custody afterwards. “They just handcuffed me and put me straight in the van.

“I don’t see why as a big black geezer I’m pointed out as the aggressor.”

Afterwards he said: “Those twenty-two seconds of video contradicts what they say. I just used one arm to put him on the floor, I didn’t put him in a headlock.”

He plans to appeal the conviction. “Because I’m a big black man they threw the book at me to see what sticks. 

“I’m fortunate that I’m not in prison. As a martial arts instructor I don’t want a conviction for assault.

“It wasn’t even a judo move. I just span him around because I thought the two of them were going to attack me.

Six foot, seventeen stone Hibbert added: “It’s disgusting because three people can say what they like against a big black man and the only person to tell the truth all the way through is myself.”

Ex Behind Bars For Harassing Former Partner

Wimbledon Magistrates Court

An ex-boyfriend was caught on CCTV speeding towards his one-time partner in a Lidl supermarket car park to abuse her during a harassment campaign after their split.

Daniel Mills, 37, of Sutherland Avenue, Sunbury-on-Thames had also bombarded mother-of-four Stacey Young with texts and phone calls during the two-week period.

He appeared in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, where he was convicted of harassing Ms Young, of Mount Road, Mitcham between November 28 and December 11, last year.

Mills was remanded in custody to appear at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court for sentencing.

The couple were together five years, he told the trial, claiming he left her on November 4, last year.

“I'd had enough of the way things were in the house, the childrens' behaviour,” he said, denying he sent texts and made calls. “I didn't have a mobile phone.”

CCTV captured him driving aggressively towards Ms Young on December 8.

She told the court he shouted through his open driver's-side window: “You fat slag. No one's going to want you.”

Mills claimed he did not shout abuse, but wanted to give his opinion on why she snubbed the funeral of one of his relatives.

“I just thought it was so disrespectful not to attend the funeral. She did not even send any flowers.

“I did not go there to threaten her. I just saw her and expressed my opinion.”

The magistrates dismissed Mills' explanation and their chairperson announced: “We don't believe the version of events put forward by Mr. Mills.

“He is able to use mobile phones to make calls and send texts, which contain numerous threats and he did verbally abuse her in the car park.”

The court heard Mills has already been convicted of other counts relating to Ms Young, including witness intimidation.

He had warned her: “You won't win the case. I don't care if I go to prison, I aint gonna stop.

“You won't be able to live in Mitcham anymore. You could have dropped all this bollocks.

“Watch what happens when I get you, you dog, you c***.”