GUEST HOUSE OWNER ANTHONY FOULDS FINED FOR STALKING EX-PARTNER
Fife guest house owner Anthony Foulds has been fined for stalking his former partner.Foulds, who runs the Forth Bay Guest House in Leven, was found guilty after trial of repeatedly attending the woman’s place of work, making enquiries about her and loitering outside, repeatedly trying to phone her and sending texts, all in the knowledge she did not want contact.
The offending took place on occasions between July 30 and August 7 2020.
His victim told the trial at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court she had told Foulds not to contact her after ending their relationship of less than a year.
The woman said at one point, he turned up outside the care home at which she worked and hid behind a wall next to a smoking shelter where she had been with two colleagues.
The woman overheard Foulds asking the colleagues to help find her and telling them she had agreed to “meet up for lunch”.
The woman said she had never told Foulds she worked there.
A short time before, she had been walking back from a shop during her lunch break and noticed Foulds brake his car as it passed, prompting her to run back to work.
She said she saw Foulds later that day from the dining room walking a dog in the care home gardens.
The victim said Foulds sent numerous texts and emails despite her telling him previously she did not want to be contacted.
Sheriff James Williamson found him guilty of engaging in a course of conduct which caused the woman fear or alarm.
The sheriff fined him £400 and made a non-harassment order.
