Stalker jailed after putting tracker on victim’s car

A STALKER who strapped a tracking device to a woman’s car was exposed when her mechanic discovered it during an MOT inspection.

Leeds Crown Court heard yesterday that the woman also made a worrying discovery the day after she was told about the tracker.

Nigel Lamberth, 50, had stuck new number plates on her car that bore the message ‘lady’ followed by her name under the registration.

The number plates on Lamberth’s Vauxhall Vectra included a message stating the driver was the named woman’s lover.

Prosecutor Andrew Horton said Lamberth had left his victim “sick with worry.”

Mr Horton said Lamberth, of Riverside Court in Leeds city centre, committed the offence last November.

Lamberth was convicted of stalking the woman in December 2017 and handed a 26-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months. Mr Horton said the woman called police on November 8 last year after the tracking device was found on the underside of her car.

Police searched his flat and found the receipt for the tracker. Lamberth also had a small torch that police found was a working Taser.

He admitted stalking, having a Taser and breaching a restraining order.

Abbi Whelan, mitigating for Lamberth, said he accepted his actions caused her upset.

He was jailed for two years and 11 months.