Court hears of nightmare break-up
A 44-year-old man “failed to read the signs” that his two-week relationship with a woman was over, the Christchurch District Court was told.
The signs included the woman screaming at him and calling the police.
Tony Indar Chand, a supervisor, pleaded guilty to a charge of intimidation and Judge Paul Kellar remanded him on bail for sentencing on July 17.
The judge asked for a pre-sentence report to cover Chand’s suitability for a community detention and supervision sentence. He also ordered an assessment for a restorative justice meeting between Chand and the victim in the meantime.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Steve Midgley said Chand met the woman through an on-line dating site and they had a relationship for two weeks.
When the woman viewed him as “possessive and controlling”, she brought the relationship to an end and told Chand that contact had to stop.
It didn’t. Over an eight-day period he sent her 80 texts.
He stalked her, arriving at her workplace twice, confronting her in a gas station next to her work, and pulling up behind her car.
He opened the passenger door of her car and insisted she speak to him, and refused to leave.
The woman screamed at him. She said again that she didn’t want to see him anymore but he continued the contact even after she called the police.
He sent another 24 texts, and was seen at her house.
He told the police he just wanted to see that she was all right, and return some DVDs. The DVDs have since been returned – through the police.
Defence counsel Clare Yardley told the court that a doctor’s report on Chand had now made him realise that he had “health issues” to deal with. He had begun to take the appropriate steps.
Mrs Yardley said Chand had had his “blinkers” on and had not read the signs that the woman did not want contact.
Judge Kellar commented that the signs were not particularly subtle.
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