Thug who left magic set and bizarre objects at ex's house has sentenced slashed
A Birmingham thug who left his ex 'scared of her own shadow' after leaving a magic set and other bizarre objects at her home has had his sentence slashed by senior judges.
Thomas Gill has been hounding his ex-partner relentlessly since they split in 2008, London's Civil Appeal Court heard.
The fixated 28-year-old was hit with an anti-social behaviour injunction after Birmingham City Council took him to court in 2012.
That barred him from assaulting, harassing or pestering his ex, and from straying near her council home in Sutton Coldfield.
The order was extended in August 2014 after Gill breached it by bombarding his ex with 184 'abusive and threatening text messages'.
In February this year he was hauled before a judge at Birmingham County Court for a further series of breaches.
Lady Justice Gloster explained how Gill defied the Asbi by turning up at his ex's home in December 2015 and leaving a magic set and Xbox.
Inside the same bag was a dictaphone containing an expletive-laced rant from Gill.
On December 9 last year, Gill, of Baldmoor Lake Road, materialised at his ex's home late at night, blew her a kiss and shouted: "I love you - marry me".
And barely a month later he was back outside her home in the early hours "verbally abusing her".
He kicked her doors and made a gun gesture with his hand, shouting: "I'm gonna get a gun and blow your f***ing head off".
He was back again a few hours later, entering the rear of her home and smashing a window before running away from her back garden.
Gill was sentenced to 14 months 23 days for seven breaches of the Asbi in February 2016 at Birmingham County Court.
The woman said she had become 'scared of her own shadow - resorting to putting plastic over her windows and tight security measures to keep Gill out.
He had been previously jailed three times for sending a stream of unwelcome texts and Facebook messages to the woman.
He had also entered an 'exclusion zone' around her home and tried to communicate with her.
At the Court of Appeal, Gill insisted the evidence of his latest breaches was 'flimsy' and accused his ex of 'trying to get him into trouble'.
But Lady Justice Gloster, sitting with Lord Justice Lewison, said there was 'no basis' for overturning the county court's damning findings against him.
The judge pointed out, however, that Gill had admitted the most serious breaches before magistrates and had made recent efforts to 'turn his life around'.
The court cut Gill's sentence for his most recent breaches of the Asbi to 12 months.
