Nurse wins restraining order over ex-husband
ESTRANGED PARTNER BOMBARDED FORMER WIFE WITH CARDS AND GIFTS IN BID TO GET HER BACK
A NURSE has won a restraining order against her estranged husband after he bombarded her with messages, cards and gifts in a vain bid to save their crumbling marriage.
Corrine Henshall went to police after former chauffeur Neil Henshall left her an ornamental crystal cat by her back door along with a wedding anniversary card and later a second goodwill message saying ‘I just want my beautiful wife back.’
During his doomed fourmonth campaign to win back his spouse Henshall, 62, from Macclesfield, Cheshire bombarded her with messages pleading with her to give their seven-year marriage another go and said he had got himself a new job and a car.
He also confronted her when he saw her out with a male friend saying: “You finished with me for that?”
Mrs Henshall eventually started timing shopping trips to avoid bumping into her husband and changed her mobile phone. At Warrington magistrates court Henshall admitted stalking and was banned from contacting his wife for two years under the terms of a restraining order.
Joshua Sanderson-Kirk, prosecuting, said Henshall had been in a relationship with Mrs Henshall for nine years and had been married for seven. After a break up he said they got back together in September 2020 though they lived separately with Mr Henshall visiting for a couple of hours in the evenings.
However, in June last year, Mrs Henshall – who is in her 50s – decided to end the relationship after ‘he ranted at her during an evening meal,’ the prosecutor said.
“She really wanted nothing more to do with him whatsoever,” Mr Sanderson-Kirk said.
“However he bombarded with messages and she eventually blocked him on July 20 from texting or ringing her. Even then he still tried to contact her. “There were numerous calls during the night, he would phone her house phone as well as her mobile. She changed her mobile and did not have a call history because of this.”
Henshall had a previous conviction for harassment from 1999 and in 2019 was banned from driving for 20 months after he was caught driving his BMW 318 whilst more than twice the alcohol limit. It is believed he is now dating another woman.
His lawyer Miss Lesley Herman said: “The defendant’s intentions were not malicious. He took the anniversary gift and the cards were complimentary. He had not understood the signals.”
“Stalking has different connotations for people. Though we know there is very little difference between stalking and harassment, to lots of people it seems much worse. The defendant did not accept that he was stalking her but certainly, he accepts it could be harassment.”
“I am happy to say that he has got another job as a site manager. Things are looking up for him.”
Henshall was sentenced to a 24-month community order, including 30 days of a ‘building better relationships’ course and 15 days of rehabilitative activities.
He was also ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work and pay £545 in costs and a victim surcharge.
The defendant’s intentions were not malicious...he had not understood the signals Lesley Herman, defending