'I don't know what my ex will do if he does see me... he's threatened to kill me before'

A stalker lay in wait outside his ex's house - despite being banned from speaking to her. Ali Parsa was prohibited from contacting his former partners under the terms of a restraining order.

He repeatedly breached the terms of the order two months after it was issued. Parsa first tried to add the woman's friends on Snapchat as he tried to check up on her.

When they blocked him, he turned up outside the woman's house in his Vauxhall Astra, Manchester Crown Court heard. Neighbours reported seeing Parsa wearing a baseball cap, hiding his face.

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After admitting breaching the order, the 42-year-old - who lives in Glasgow and has no family or friends in Manchester - was locked up, and slammed by a judge.

He was jailed for a year and nine months. Earlier, Philip Hall, prosecuting, said Parsa was released from prison last July after stalking the woman. By September he had sent three friend requests to his ex's pals on Snapchat.

Parsa, the court heard, wanted to find out information about her - and if she was in a new relationship. One Saturday night, the woman got a call from police asking if she was okay.

Parsa had been lurking outside her house. The next day officers visited her Wythenshawe home. She said Parsa hadn't been there, only to find out a neighbour had seen him sitting outside in his car.

The woman said she felt unsafe in her own home, adding: "If Ali is released he will not stop this behaviour. I know for definite he will continue to come to my address - and I don't know what he will do if he does see me and that frightens me."

"Ali has threatened to kill me before, so how can I know he won't do this? I don't want to go out and I'm not able to