Obsessed stalker jailed after he enrolled on same course as ex
A STALKER who was so obsessed with his ex-girlfriend that he enrolled on the same college course has been jailed for harassment.
Hassan Javed turned up at the victim’s workplace, college and her home and bombarded her with messages on social media.
Javed, 20, of Cuthbert Road, Winson Green, Birmingham, admitted stalking and criminal damage and was jailed for 18 months.
Judge Richard Bond told him: “She was only 17 and you had what I would describe as a controlling relationship with her.
“You controlled her not just in subtle ways but in quite deliberate ways.
“You told her what she should wear and who she should speak to.
“She was constantly in fear of meeting you and your attitude was that you simply did not care. The only person you with is yourself.
“She did make a complaint to the police and you were arrested and bailed with conditions to keep away from her but you immediately broke those conditions by contacting her on email and Instagram.
“Very serious distress has been caused to the victim.”
Birmingham Crown Court heard the pair were in a relationship from late 2017 until the summer of last year, when the 17-yearold victim broke it off.
But Javed, an accountant, was unable to accept it was over and started to follow her. His behaviour became so “overwhelming” it caused the victim to drop out of college, the court heard.
She began an apprenticeship and attended a college course one day a week but Javed turned up in
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concerned the same class before he was eventually removed.
Ian Ball, prosecuting, said Javed repeatedly turned up at her place of work and had to be escorted off the premises
The victim’s father collected her and, on one occasion, the defendant ran after her van.
On another occasion, he threw pebbles at the teenager’s window. Javed also smashed the victim’s mobile phone by throwing it against a concrete bollard.
Olivia Beesley, defending, said: “This is not the most sophisticated of offences. The source of this offence is his fixation with the victim.”
She said Javed had trained as an accountant and wanted to continue with that career once he was released from prison.