STALKER BROKE IN TO WOMAN'S HOME AND SENT HER MESSAGES
When sentencing Lewis, Judge Huw Rees described his actions as “most unpleasant and distressing,” adding that it was “the type of offending which could leave its mark on a victim.” “It’s little wonder that she feels that her home and herself have been violated and feels uncomfortable in her own home – where she should feel most secure,” he said.Prosecutor Hannah George told Swansea Crown Court that the victim first encountered 39-year-old Lewis – who is approximately 11 years her senior – during a night out at Tafarn-Y-Phoenix in Gorslas in early May.
After they returned to her home together that night, Lewis became increasingly fixated on her, bombarding her with messages in the days that followed.
On one occasion, he asked her out again, but she declined, citing concerns about how intense his behaviour had become.
“He threw money at her and demanded to know why she didn’t want to go out with him,” said Ms George.
Over the following fortnight, Lewis repeatedly appeared outside the woman’s home late at night.
He banged on her door and even questioned her neighbours about her whereabouts.
On 23 May, the woman sent a message to Lewis making her position clear.
She told him she “didn’t want things to go any further” and admitted she was “scared by his behaviour on the last occasion.” Just three days later, at around 12.30am on 26 May, Lewis arrived at her property again – but this time she wasn’t at home.
He smashed a window to gain entry, injuring his arm in the process, and entered the house in search of her, leaving a trail of blood throughout.
He eventually went into her bedroom and got into her bed.
From there, he sent her a message saying he intended to take his own life.
“He sent her a text saying he was going to kill himself in her bed,” Ms George told the court.
The message read: ‘I’m going to die in your bed.
Now that’s gangster’.
Police were called to the property and found Lewis in the living room.
He claimed someone else had smashed the window with a brick, saying it had “scared” him.
He also falsely stated that the house belonged to his “girlfriend”.
Lewis was taken to hospital to treat his injuries and was later arrested.
“She now feels uneasy in her own home,” Ms George added.
Lewis, of Plas Gwyn Road in Penygroes, had 22 previous convictions relating to 39 offences.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of stalking involving serious alarm or distress.
Defence solicitor Ieuan Rees acknowledged the gravity of the case, calling it “a most unpleasant incident.” Judge Rees imposed a 10-year restraining order, prohibiting Lewis from contacting the victim.
