NOTTINGHAM STALKER JAMIE SYKES JAILED FOR HARASSING EX ON RELEASE DAY
A stalker from Nottingham drunkenly bombarded his ex-partner with unwanted calls on the very day he was released from prison for doing the same thing.Nottingham Crown Court heard how Jamie Sykes even used the same mobile phone he had registered earlier the same day with his probation officer on the day he was released.
The 33-year-old, of Bestwood, also turned up at her city address and peered through the blinds.
In a statement, she says she now struggles to visit her grandmother as she lives close to the defendant.
Jailing him for two years, Judge Michael Auty KC stated: “You are the author of your own misfortune and you know precisely why that is.
You bombarded your victim with telephone calls.
“You are 33 years old, but quite frankly, you are not behaving like someone who is 33 years old.
This relationship is over and if you keep on failing to accept that, that will see you spending more time in prison and keep you away from seeing your son.” Declan Austin, prosecuting, said Sykes and the victim had been in an on-off relationship for around five years until 2024 when he was convicted of stalking her.
He was jailed and also handed a restraining order not to contact her.
The prosecutor added: “The defendant was in prison and due for release on June 19.
She described on that day she was feeling on edge.
He was released on that day and she described him turning up at her address and looking through the blinds.
“After work she attended her parents’ pub and that is where the first of the unwanted calls came.
There were six others and she answered one of them.
“She initially recognized that it was his voice and she said he sounded intoxicated.
She put the phone down and he called another 13 times that evening using the same number he registered with his probation officer on the day he was released from custody.
“He was arrested the following day.
In her victim impact statement, it is clear that the unwanted contact has had quite a significant impact on her life.
It has been debilitating on her day-to-day living.
She now avoids visiting her nan who lives close to his residence.
She has stopped doing things she normally would and now drives everywhere.” The defendant, of Beckhampton Road, pleaded guilty to stalking and breaching a restraining order through harassment.
He has six previous convictions for 14 offences including robbery in 2010.
Her counsel said she “expects nothing less than a custodial sentence today” and that he had pleaded guilty.
He explained: “He was released from custody that day, he was not able to see his son, became upset by that, went out, got drunk and made calls he should not have made.” The restraining order was extended to one of 10 years.
