An offshore engineer has been admonished after stalking his ex-partner for six months.
Christopher Dickinson was “devastated” when Shona Davidson broke off their two-year relationship.
After she ended things in April last year, he felt he could no longer go on without being able to see her – and so several times a week, he drove to her house to just sit and watch it.
Sometimes the 52-year-old would park outside, and at other times he would stop a short distance away and walk to her address in Lochside Terrace, Aberdeen.
But Dickinson did not want her to know that he was there, and on the odd occasion she did see him he would either drive or run away from her.
Yesterday, Dickinson appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court to be sentenced having previously admitted stalking Ms Davidson between April 1 and October 26 last year.
The court heard he caused her fear and alarm by frequently appearing at her home, sometimes up to four times a day.
Sometimes he would be there shortly after 6am, but other days he was there at 10pm.
Fiscal depute Colin Neilson previously told the court that his behaviour every day was similar.
Mr Neilson said that despite Ms Davidson not noticing his presence, her neighbours had become aware of his daily visits and had become concerned.
They eventually told Ms Davidson what they had seen, and she called the police.
Representing the first offender, solicitor Peter Shepherd said his client had never wanted to cause his ex any harm – and that he had never intended for her to even find out he had been making the trips to her home.
Mr Shepherd said Dickinson, of Ladeside Cottages, Grandholm, Aberdeen, had originally denied the offence as he could not understand why she would have been alarmed, but now accepted his behaviour was unreasonable.
The court heard that since his last court appearance Dickinson had not committed any further offences, and he was admonished by Sheriff Alison Stirling.