Nurse wins restraining order against estranged husband who bombarded her with gifts to save crumbling marriage

A nurse has won a restraining order against her estranged husband after he bombarded her with messages, cards and gifts in a vain bid to save their crumbling marriage. Corrine Henshall went to police after former chauffeur Neil Henshall left her an ornamental crystal cat by her back door along with a wedding anniversary card and later a second goodwill message saying ''I just want my beautiful wife back'.

During his doomed four month campaign to win back his spouse Henshall, 62, from Macclesfield, Cheshire bombarded her with messages pleading with her to give their seven year marriage another go and said he had got himself a new job and a car. He also confronted her when he saw her out with a male friend saying: ''You finished with me for that?''

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Mrs Henshall eventually started timing shopping trips to avoid bumping into her husband and changed her mobile phone. At Warrington magistrates court Henshall admitted stalking and was banned from contacting his wife for two years under the terms of a restraining order.

Joshua Sanderson-Kirk, prosecuting, said Henshall had been in a relationship with Mrs Henshall for nine years and had been married for seven. After a break up he said they got back together in September 2020 though they lived separately with Mr Henshall visiting for a couple of hours in the evenings.

However, in June last year, Mrs Henshall who is in her 50s decided to end the relationship after “he ranted at her during an evening meal”, the prosecutor said. “She really wanted nothing more to do with him whatsoever,” Mr Sanderson-Kirk said.

''However he bombarded with messages and she eventually blocked him on July 20 from texting