Obsessed Middlesbrough stalker will be deported after prison

Kishore Kumar turned up at the woman’s place of work on an almost daily basis to stand and stare at his victim as well as bombarding her with messages.

Staff at the Piri-Piri Original restaurant were frequently forced to get the 24-year-old to the leave premises, Teesside Crown Court heard.

Jonathan Gittins, prosecuting, said the harassment impacted the victim’s life and she was forced to take two months off work as a result.

He said Kumar would tell her that he loved her and would spend hours standing outside the premises watching her while she worked and at one stage even sent her a video of herself while she served customers.

The court heard how Kumar was arrested in January this year and left the woman alone for two months before starting to turn up at her place of work again.

Mr Gittins said: “On January 26, the defendant entered the shop and approached her twice having been thrown out the first time by staff.

“Before going home, she ran to her car after her shift because she felt in danger and then called the police.”

The court heard how Kumar was arrested as a result and kept away for two months before restarting his campaign of stalking and again being arrested.

Kishore Kumar (Image: Cleveland Police)

Kumar, of no fixed abode but formerly of Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to stalking between June 1 last year and April 18 this year.

Ellen Wright, mitigating, said her client didn’t appreciate the impact his behaviour was having on the victim but after his time on remand he was now fully understanding.

Peri-Peri Original in Middlesbrough (Image: Google)

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She added: “This is not an offence that has been born out of any kind of malice towards the victim. It is rather a misplaced sense of love towards the victim.”

Recorder Andrew Latimer told the defendant he would be deported after he had served his 18-month prison sentence.

He added: “It is clear that your behaviour had become obsessional.”

Kumar was also made subject of a ten-year restraining order.