By Jason Evans

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A man subjected a former partner to a “sinister” campaign of stalking after their relationship ended, a court has heard. Daniel Morgan then fabricated false evidence that his ex had been harassing him – lies which saw the woman being arrested and spending 16 hours in a police cell. Craig Jones, prosecuting, told Swansea Crown Court that in September last year Morgan’s relationship with his partner ended, a separation which the defendant took “very badly”. He said the defendant responded by embarking on a “determined course of stalking” of the woman which included sending her multiple emails from various email addresses, making calls from withheld numbers, making frequent silent or “heavy breathing” calls, and posting comments of a “critical and derogatory nature” on social media channels. He said Morgan would also turn up at various locations in Llanelli where his ex was, including on one occasion wearing in a T-shirt with the woman’s face printed on it, and on another occasion wearing a blonde wig. The court heard that when the woman went to stay with a friend she woke one morning to find a gold bracelet engraved with her name had been left in a box by her car, indicating the defendant knew of his ex’s movements. The defendant was arrested in connection with his behaviour and was released on bail to an address in Cleethorpes but continued his stalking. For the latest court stories sign up to our crime newsletter The court heard that Morgan acquired “ghost telephones” which he used to send himself multiple messages and to make dozens of calls to himself purporting to be coming from his ex. One of the messages he sent himself read “You are going to die, fatty” while another read “You are going to be in the grave soon, you fat bald ****”. The prosecutor said 41-year-old Morgan took screen shots of the messages and the phone log showing multiple missed calls, and sent them to the police saying his ex was harassing him. As a result of the false allegations made by Morgan his ex-partner was arrested and spent 16 hours in police custody. Read about a stalker who made a woman’s life “a misery” with a campaign of phone calls – up to 93 in one day – and threatened to turn up at her children’s play centre and stab himself in front of everyone there In a statement which was read to the court by the prosecution barrister, the victim said she had been left feeling “on edge” all the time, had changed her habits and routines, and had fitted motion sensors at her home. She said she had experienced sleep problems and anxiety and no longer feels safe, adding all she wanted was to live her life in peace. Daniel Morgan, of no fixed abode, had previously pleaded guilty to one count of stalking and two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He has one previous conviction for one offence of stalking from 2020 which relates to a different former partner. Andrew Evans, for Morgan, said it was clear from the pre-sentence report that the defendant’s mind “paints a very different impression” of events than that set out by the prosecution. He said his client had previously contacted various agencies and organisations with a view to getting help with his mental health, and he said the reality was that at the age of 41 Morgan was facing having to “rebuild his life”. Judge Paul Thomas KC said Morgan had carried out what could only be described as a “sinister” campaign against his ex which was both “calculating and devious”. He said it was clear the defendant’s behaviour had had “a significant, and I suspect wholly intended, effect on the victim”, and he said there was “no real evidence of remorse” on the part of Morgan. With discounts for his guilty pleas, Morgan was sentenced to nine months in prison for stalking and three years in prison for perverting the course of justice to run consecutively making an overall sentence of three years and nine months. He will serve up to half the sentence in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community. The defendant was also made the subject of a 10-year restraining order.