Surveyor used Moonpig cards to harass his ex
A JILTED lover used an online greetings card service to harass his former girlfriend, a court heard.
Alica Renosa, 44, was sent a series of personalised messages over seven months after Andrew Wallace used the company’s website to create his own cards in an attempt to win her back.
One card sent by the 50-year-old chartered surveyor included text saying the grave of Miss Renosa’s father was his “favourite place to visit” and claimed it was installed as a destination on his satnav system.
Miss Renosa, a mother of one who runs a mobile hairdressing business in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, contacted Moonpig to request that the company stop Mr Wallace from sending cards to her address.
She also called police who issued Wallace with a Police Information Notice warning him about his conduct. However he was subsequently alleged to have started delivering cards to her home personally. In a statement Miss Renosa said: “I feel like he has used the last several months to try to manipulate me into getting back with him.” She added that she was “filled with fear and intimidation”.
Tameside magistrates’ court heard the pair met through an online dating site. Prosecuting, Danielle Allison said: “She told him that she did not want a relationship with him, but he continued to contact her through Facebook. As a result, she blocked him through social media and his phone. She then went to the police.”
Ian Ridgeway, defending, said the relationship ended “by text message” and that Mr Wallace wanted to know why it was ended “and that was when the communication started”.
Wallace, of Knutsford, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to harassing Miss Renoso between July 2017 to February 2018 and was banned from contacting her and her daughter for 18 months under a restraining order.