A MAN stalked his ex-girlfriend and bombarded her with calls and messages - including telling her, 'I know where you are' and that he knew she'd left a bedroom window open - following the breakdown of their relationship.

Ryan Alexander Gibbs, aged 34, was in an on and off relationship with the victim for around six months which she ended due to him being 'too intense' .

Gibbs pleaded guilty to stalking when he appeared at Weymouth Magistrates Court, after contacting his ex more than 100 times, travelled to Weymouth and confronted her, and followed her between July 15 and July 21, 2021.

Prosecuting, Andrew Newman, said the pair met on Tinder and said that when they first got together in February of last year the victim described him as 'the perfect gentleman' however started seeing worrying behaviour from Gibbs in April 2021 when she said she found messages he had been sending to other women on Tik Tok. The victim said she broke things off and asked him to not contact her ever again. On that occasion, Gibbs was said to have then 'bombarded' her with messages from a private number on Whatsapp and showed up to the victim's house whilst she was with her two children and started banging on her kitchen window.

The victim decided to continue the relationship with Gibbs after this. It was said that during the relationship, Gibbs would be intense and make 'strange' comments.

Mr Newman said: "He made strange comments about her eyes being beautiful and that he wanted to cut them out and put them in a jar."

The court heard that the victim broke up with Gibbs again in July last year, saying in a statement that she 'wanted nothing more to do with him'.

On this occasion, the victim said Gibbs must have phoned her 100 times and messaged her insulting her and sent her messages saying, 'you will regret this', 'I'm driving down', 'you really pick your boyfriends far from you' and then called her and said, 'I know where you are now'.

The victim hung up the phone and was walking towards Preston from Weymouth's town centre when Gibbs came up to her and tried to 'grab' her hand and said, 'I'm really sorry, please take me back'.

Gibbs walked with the victim towards the Oasis Cafe on Bowleaze Coveway, where she took refuge.

She then started walking again when Gibbs returned and pulled up to her in his car. The victim continued to tell him to leave her alone, whilst Gibbs started 'begging' her to get in his car and said to her 'come on, get in'. The victim said she was 'really scared' and called her friend to get her. Her friend picked her up in her car, helped her pick up her two children from school, and drove the victim to her place of work.

The victim said Gibbs then continued to call her while she was at work and said, 'you know you left your boys bedroom window open, don't you think that's silly' and told her someone could climb into their room and get in the house.

Gibbs also left flowers and a note at the victim's address and continued to call and message her. Following this incident the victim contacted another ex-partner of Gibbs who said he had behaved similarly in their relationship. Gibbs was said to have been on bail at the time of the stalking offence in Dorset.

Mitigating, Jolyon Tuck, said Gibbs has two children of his own and requested a pre-sentence report to be done before Gibbs returns to court.

The chair of the bench, Robert Ford, extended Gibbs' bail conditions to not directly or indirectly contact the victim and to not enter Dorset except for court purposes or attending pre arranged appointments with solicitors. The case was adjourned until February 17.