Man stalked former partner and discovered she had lesbian lover
The dad put a tracking device on his
ex-partner’s car so he could follow her on a secret date she was having
with another woman.
David Jones, 37, from northwest England, has been found guilty of stalking and assault and will be sentenced later this month.
The man from Rochdale, Greater Manchester suspected his ex, Stacey Buckley, may have found new love after they broke up.
The construction site manager “struggled to cope” after the relationship ended and hid the device in the boot of her vehicle so he could track her movements.
Ms Buckley, the mum of Jones’ two kids, told him she was going shopping in Bury but he noticed she made a detour to a house so decided to follow her.
He later saw her holding hands with her sister’s ex-girlfriend Laura Flynn and laughing together in the Trafford Centre shopping mall, a court heard.
Ms Buckley found out about the device when he sent a bragging picture of the tracker.
He told her:
He also said he was spying on her using the IMO phone app and Ms Buckley searched her car and found a small black tracker hidden inside the vehicle.
The tracker had been bought on eBay and would be triggered once the ignition of Ms Buckley’s car had started.
Jones was found guilty of stalking and a separate charge of assault on Ms Buckley following a confrontation at her home.
Ms Buckley told Manchester Magistrates’ Court:
Texts showed Jones admitted tracking her and he said he would go to the police and admit it — suggesting he was jealous of the new relationship adding: “You must be fine but my head is gone.”
The following December, Ms Buckley was attacked by Jones during a confrontation at her home where he grabbed her throat and pinned her against the door, the court heard.
Jones told the hearing:
This story originally appeared in The Sun
The man from Rochdale, Greater Manchester suspected his ex, Stacey Buckley, may have found new love after they broke up.
The construction site manager “struggled to cope” after the relationship ended and hid the device in the boot of her vehicle so he could track her movements.
Ms Buckley, the mum of Jones’ two kids, told him she was going shopping in Bury but he noticed she made a detour to a house so decided to follow her.
He later saw her holding hands with her sister’s ex-girlfriend Laura Flynn and laughing together in the Trafford Centre shopping mall, a court heard.
Ms Buckley found out about the device when he sent a bragging picture of the tracker.
I’ll find you wherever you are!
He also said he was spying on her using the IMO phone app and Ms Buckley searched her car and found a small black tracker hidden inside the vehicle.
Jones was found guilty of stalking and a separate charge of assault on Ms Buckley following a confrontation at her home.
Ms Buckley told Manchester Magistrates’ Court:
He would constantly text asking questions and asking where I was and he started appearing in places I was.
I was in a new relationship in mid-November with Laura Flynn and I was in a Starbucks and he would turn up.
He made a point of saying ‘I’ll find you wherever you are’ and he would slander me on social media.
I was really scared, and I thought every second of my life was being followed and watched by him even though we weren’t together.
Texts showed Jones admitted tracking her and he said he would go to the police and admit it — suggesting he was jealous of the new relationship adding: “You must be fine but my head is gone.”
The following December, Ms Buckley was attacked by Jones during a confrontation at her home where he grabbed her throat and pinned her against the door, the court heard.
He wanted to know where I was all the time. His behaviour was not reasonable at all. I suffer with anxiety because of this, she said.
On one occasion I posted a Snapchat photo of my leg in bed, and he assumed it was Laura’s so he text me saying I had been seen with ‘my s*** in bed’.
Jones told the hearing:
It was a spur of the moment thing to place a tracker in her car. I just wanted the truth.
This story originally appeared in The Sun
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