A rejected boyfriend bombarded his ex with lengthy letters and messages before resorting to bank transfer messages and notes on Amazon deliveries.
Adrian Kinsey refused to accept his relationship with the woman, between March 2021 and January 2023, was over even after she blocked him on all platforms.
After she asked the 45-year-old to move out, he then harassed her with unwanted contact “in every possible way”, Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told.
Fiscal depute Georgia Laird said Kinsey was repeatedly told to leave the woman alone by both her and through advice from the police.
During January and February this year, he sent the woman deliveries of red roses and regular text messages, mainly consisting of apologies and requests for “another chance”.
“She contacted police and asked for advice about her recent break-up with the accused and was given suitable advice that at the time it didn’t constitute a crime,” Miss Laird said.
“The officer contacted the accused and advised he stopped contacting her.”
Resorted to using bank app for striking up conversation
But between February 21 and May 18, Kinsey persisted and turned to other more elaborate ways of sending her messages after she blocked his number and social media accounts.
“On March 13 she received a payment from his account,” the fiscal added. “£61.21 was transferred with a message attached.
“She sent the money right back but he sent it again with the message ‘talk to me please’.
“She again returned it, this time adding a note ‘no, leave me alone’.
“He sent it a third time with the response ‘talk and I will’.”
The woman called the police and Kinsey later sent her 1p via the banking app with the message “Why don’t? Please.”
Two days later Kinsey sent emails and, three days after that, she received an 11-page handwritten letter, requesting another chance at the relationship.
Harassed ex with unwanted notes on Amazon deliveries
One month later, on April 28 this year, the woman received an Amazon parcel from him containing sunglasses and a note saying “enjoy your holidays”.
And the next day another lengthy handwritten letter appeared through her letterbox. This time the 10-page note was asking for “forgiveness”.
Kinsey finally got a brief reply from the woman when he contacted her through a group chat on Facebook messenger the same night. But it was only to be told not to contact her again.
But between May 11 and 18 he pestered her all week with another email, more long letters and a final delivery from Amazon containing a Cognito water bottle and a further note.
Miss Laird told the court: “She has made it clear to him she doesn’t want to be contacted however he has repeatedly contacted her despite her blocking him. He has also been repeatedly contacting her friends and family to request contact from her.”
Kinsey admitted engaging in a domestically-aggravated course conduct that caused fear or alarm to his ex-partner.
His defence agent David Sutherland said his client had “crossed a line” and asked for sentencing to be deferred for background reports to be made.
Sheriff Rory Bannerman agreed and told Kinsey, of Fifeshill Way, Aberdeen, to return to court next month for sentencing.
“There’s absolutely no doubt she has been bombarded by you in every possible way,” he told him.
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