Police found homemade taser at stalker's house when they arrested him for breaching restraining order

The discovery was made when officers went to arrest Adam Morris for defying the order by making 185 calls to his former partner from eight different mobile phones.

Morris was issued with a restraining order in August last year after being convicted of two offences of stalking against the same woman.

Leeds Crown Court heard the victim went on holiday with her two children in October and received unwanted phone calls from Morris on a daily basis.

Morris made the calls from a withheld number but she recognised his voice immediately.

The victim received a Facebook friend request from Morris when she returned home on November 5.

Morris made a comment saying that he had seen some "beautiful pictures" of her on holiday and she immediately blocked him.

She continued to receive phone calls from him.

On one occasion he said: "I wanted to hear your beautiful voice. I miss you and I want to see you."

Morris continued to call the woman on a daily basis until he was arrested at his home in Pontefract in February.

A total of 185 calls were made during the period of offending.

Police found eight mobile phones in the house along with a homemade taser device.

Morris, 37, of Dulverton Rise, Pontefract, pleaded guilty to breach of a restraining order and possession of a taser.

The victim described in a statement how his offending made her feel unsafe at home and she was "constantly looking over her shoulder."

She said: "I am constantly on edge and I know that he won't leave me alone.

"I do not want to have to ring the police and give statements all the time.

"I just want to move on with my life but he won't let me."

The court heard Morris and the woman had been in a two-and-a-half-year relationship which ended in 2019.

Christopher Moran, mitigating, said Morris was well respected by his family, friends and his employer.

He said: "Outside of relationships he is a responsible adult."

Describing the offending, Mr Moran said: "It is clear from the statements that this is all attention-seeking, obsessive behaviour."

The barrister said Morris had been on antidepressant medication since the breakdown of the relationship.

Morris was sent to prison for 18 months.

Judge Geoffrey Marson QC said: "You simply have to put this to one side.

"You are ruining her life and, in consequence, disrupting your own.

"You have made her life misery recently and it simply has to stop

"The offending is such that nothing other than immediate custody could possibly be justified."