Stalker stood in woman's bedroom watching her sleep then ran into the sea to escape cops

Gary Cooper has been jailed aft helium ignored a tribunal bid banning him from contacting a pistillate helium met connected societal media, creeping into her chamber arsenic she slept earlier fleeing the police

A creepy trespasser broke into a woman's location and stood successful her chamber portion she was dormant - past tried to flight constabulary by moving into the sea.

Gary Cooper, 34, persistently harassed the pistillate contempt being issued a court bid last twelvemonth prohibiting him from contacting her. On 1 juncture connected August 14, the unfortunate alerted the constabulary that Cooper was with her astatine Hartlepool's Headland. When officers arrived astatine the Brus Tunnel to apprehend him, helium fled into the North Sea. A constabulary negotiator had to beryllium summoned to coax him retired of the water.

Teesside Crown Court heard that the 2 had met connected societal media, but the pistillate was compelled to get a restraining bid aft Cooper threatened to interruption her windows successful November 2023.

The brace agreed to conscionable connected August 9 erstwhile Cooper assisted her successful searching for a mislaid telephone astatine Hartlepool marina. However, aboriginal that night, she awoke to find him successful her bedroom, observing her arsenic she slept, reports Teesside Live.

Days prior, portion the pistillate was cycling location done a cemetery, Cooper whistled astatine her and insisted that she was going to conscionable someone, refusing to permission until she revealed who it was.

Cooper, besides connected a bicycle, trailed her home. When she asked him to depart, helium picked up his motorcycle and hurled it astatine her. He past forced his mode into her location and pursued the pistillate earlier yet exiting.

The tribunal was informed that connected August 12, Cooper reappeared arsenic the unfortunate was cycling on Throston Grange Lane and hurled insults astatine her.

In a connection work to the court, the unfortunate revealed that the harassment had impacted her intelligence wellness and led to a diagnosis of depression. She shared with the court: "The incidental wherever helium chased maine successful my location affected maine the most. Since he's been arrested, I consciousness a value has been lifted disconnected my shoulders. If helium were retired of custody, I'd consciousness arsenic though I'd beryllium perpetually looking implicit my shoulder, waiting for him to appear."

Cooper, from Chester Road, Hartlepool, pleaded blameworthy to 5 counts of breaching a restraining order. He had antecedently been recovered blameworthy of violating the bid connected August 5 and November 23, of the erstwhile year.

In 2022, helium faced charges for assaulting 2 constabulary officers. Defending, Philip Morley informed the tribunal that Cooper was astir to commence an intoxicant attraction programme - antecedently ordered by the tribunal - erstwhile helium was remanded successful prison. Mr Morley stated: "I've spoken to him and helium understands that he's not to person immoderate interaction with this lady."

Judge Thomas Mitchell noted that the offences progressive "threats, an penetration of privateness of the victim's location and an constituent of obsession". He sentenced Cooper to 26 months successful situation and issued an indefinite restraining bid preventing him from contacting his victim.