An Angus stalker who loitered at his ex-partner’s home in the dead of night to spit on her car has been caught tormenting another former girlfriend.
Peter Campbell was brought from prison to Forfar Sheriff Court on Tuesday, where it emerged he had ignored court orders imposed in both cases.
He has been on remand since December 20 after failing to engage with a community order made imposed in 2020 for his original offence.
And the court heard that across August 1 and 2 last year, Campbell had targeted another ex-partner in Montrose.
He repeatedly loitered at her address and in the garden area and repeatedly refused to leave when asked to do so.
Painter and decorator Campbell, 54, also repeatedly shouted and demanded entry.
Immediately breached conditions
He had appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court on August 3 and was released on bail with conditions not to approach or contact the woman.
Later that day, he sent her “written correspondence”.
Campbell, of Ramsay Street in Montrose, breached the bail order again on November 20 at the town’s Neptune Bar.
There, he repeatedly contacted and approached his victim.
Solicitor Nick Markowski said Campbell had a “fairly limited record”, although most of his criminality was recent.
He said: “He is someone who is extremely keen not to continue to be incarcerated.
“These have not been the happiest weeks for him – obviously, it’s not meant to be.
“A lot of his offending relates to mental health issues and alcohol consumption.
“He is reporting that he feels a changed man.
“He is someone who has got skills. He’s got a strong work ethic.”
Triple sentence
Having admitted acting threateningly or abusively and twice breaching the order, Campbell was placed on a trio of concurrent community payback orders (CPOs) by Sheriff Krista Johnston.
The sheriff imposed CPOs with 75 hours, 90 hours and 60 hours of unpaid work, meaning Campbell has six months to complete 90 hours.
She described Campbell’s offending as “a persistent course of conduct”.
“I very much hope this period of remand has taught you something and you will take something away.”
2020 crimes caught on CCTV
The sheriff also ordered a review of the previously imposed CPO, which was breached last year.
Another of Campbell’s ex-partner’s set up CCTV in 2020 to capture what was going on outside her home.
She discovered Campbell had been spitting on her car and home in the dead of night.
He had split up with this victim years before but chose to mount a three-week campaign of vile conduct against her during lockdown as he hit the booze then crept around outside her house.
Campbell previously admitted repeatedly going to her home uninvited, repeatedly pouring an unknown liquid over her car, spitting on the vehicle and bedroom window and staring into the bedroom between May 8 and 29 in 2020.
He was ordered to stay away from his victim for two years and given unpaid work as the sheriff imposed an alternative to prison for the “sinister and nasty” offence.
Campbell was ordered to complete 120 hours unpaid work within 18 months but after failing to engage with the order, he was remanded a week before Christmas.
Sheriff Johnston granted him bail and will review this order on April 20.
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