A JILTED boyfriend smashed up his ex's car with a garden rake, bombarded her with more than a hundred phone calls and threatened to kill himself.

Billy Watts used the rake to smash the windows of his former partner's Vauxhall Corsa and harassed her with phone calls, at one point hiding behind a hedge and jumping out to confront her outside a Worcester school because he was angry she had dumped him.

The 23-year-old of Cleeve Drive, Worcester, admitted harassment without violence and criminal damage which placed him in breach of suspended sentence imposed for battery and possession of an offensive weapon.

Timothy Sapwell, prosecuting, described how Watts had been in an 18 month relationship with the victim and they had a daughter together but that they argued over the money he was spending on cannabis.

On June 16 this year she 'decided she had had enough' and called an end to their relationship over the phone.

Watts threatened to attend her home address. "Twenty minutes later he did so, banging on the door and kicking it" said Mr Sapwell.

Although he did not get inside Mr Sapwell described how Watts found a large garden rake and smashed the rear window and rear passenger window of the Corsa 'then ran away'.

In total he caused £300 of damage. Watts then bombarded her with 100 calls which she did not answer. The calls came from a number she did not recognise. However, they were matched to the defendant's phone when it was seized upon his arrest.

"There were messages mostly pleading with her to try and make contact but also threats that he would kill himself and also abuse. He had deleted those from his call history prior to being arrested" said Mr Sapwell.

On June 20 Watts arrived at a Worcester school and when his ex returned to her car to get her phone he appeared beside her and spoke to her.

"She screamed and ran back to the school and a witness saw he had been hiding in a hedge looking out for someone beforehand. He was there for about 10 minutes or so while she was unaware of that" said Mr Sapwell.

His former partner has been to the doctor's for depression and has been placed on medication.

The suspended sentence of which Watts was in breach was imposed at Oxford Crown Court on October 31, 2017 (a six month prison sentence suspended for 18 months for battery and possession of an offensive weapon).

The offence itself took place on September 9, 2017 in a club in Witney, Oxfordshire when he got in an argument with a group of revellers.

However, because of an earlier breach of the operational period of the extended sentence was extended to two years on January 25 this year.

Jason Patel, defending, said Watts had received a call saying the relationship was over 'with no explanation' which was why he attended her address.

"There was no conversation in that regard and his frustration was taken out against her vehicle" he said.

Mr Patel said Watts had a supportive mother and step-father and was working full time which had brought 'a change in his attitude'.

Mr Patel also said the probation report was 'refreshing' and Watts had been 'completely honest with the probation officer'.

Watts has also dramatically reduced his intake of cannabis and had accepted the relationship was over.

Judge Nicolas Cartwright said 'no violence' had been used towards the defendant's ex-partner and that there were exceptional circumstances which justified not activating the suspended sentence in whole or part.

He added 21 hours of unpaid work to mark the breach of the suspended sentence. These will be added to the 14 he has still to complete.

"Rest assured that if you fail to comply with the existing hours and the additional 21 you will be breached and I very much doubt that any court would give you yet another chance" said Judge Cartwright.

He further ordered Watts to pay his ex-partner £300 compensation for the damage to her car within 28 days.

For the harassment he ordered Watts to pay a further £400 compensation. He must pay that within 56 days.

He also imposed a two year community order with a requirement that Watts complete the 'building better relationships programme' and 40 rehabilitation activity days.

Watts must also pay £340 court costs and was given three months to pay that off.

The judge also imposed a three-year restraining order which prevents him having contact, directly or indirectly, with his ex-partner other than through solicitors or an agreed third party for the purpose of child contact.

Watts is further prohibited from entering Brickfields Road and Peterborough Close, Worcester.

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