Jilted woman who stalked former partner for months fined £1,000

A woman who stalked an ex-partner for more than six months after he ended their relationship was fined £1,000 in court.

Katrena Coulson’s victim eventually contacted police when she turned up at his new home in Dunfermline after he moved from Edinburgh without telling her.

The 48-year-old appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court to admit engaging in a course of conduct which caused the man fear or alarm, between June 25 last year and January 8 this year.

The court heard he had ended their year-long relationship early in May 2023 and made it clear he no longer wanted contact.

Coulson persistently made unwanted phone calls from a withheld number, left him voicemail messages and sent emails.

Prosecutor Isma Mukhtar told the court that on one occasion in July she went to his office in Edinburgh but was denied entry and he later returned home to find her waiting on stairs outside his property.

In October last year he moved from Edinburgh to Dunfermline and did not tell Coulson of the move or his new address.

Emails and text messages continued to be sent to him throughout October, November and December in which she said she missed him, loved him and wanted to get in touch.

On January 8 this year he answered a phone call from a withheld number and hung up when he realised it was Coulson.

Around 10pm that day he heard his dog barking and a knock at the door and found Coulson standing at the doorstep.

The fiscal depute said: “The complainer was shocked as he was not aware she knew his address.

“He attempted to close the door but was unable to do so.

“He did manage to get the accused out of the doorway and close the door before contacting police.

“He was shock.”

Sheriff Wyllie Robertson fined Coulson £1,000, to be paid within one month, and banned her from contacting her victim for three years.

“He attempted to close the door but was unable to

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