A JILTED fiancé posed as his ex's dead mum's ghost in a bid to win her back with a psychic message from beyond the grave.

Roy Meadwell, 51, sent an anonymous note begging Kay Wimbury to take him back along with a leaflet from a tarot shop.

3 Roy Meadwell sent his ex a message from her dead mother in a bid to win her back Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

He even included messages making it clear it was from her mum - such as a reference to a fibre optic Christmas decoration which she left to Kay.

Devious Meadwell also told Kay she had a made a terrible mistake rejecting him after he was banned from contacting her when he attacked her.

The warehouse worker didn't include his name, but made reference to "the man who sacrificed everything for you, the man who loves you, the man who wanted you to be his wife".

He has now escaped jail after being found guilty of four counts of breaking a restraining order at Exeter Crown Court.

3 Meadwell visited the Willow Moon tarot shop in Cornwall and used on their leaflets in the message

Jurors heard how Kay received the letter on July 11, 2017 - ten days after Meadwell broke the restraining order by entering Cornwall to visit the tarot shop.

She then was given another letter - apparently from a wellwisher - a Facebook post and an email all pleading with her to take Meadwell back.

But Kay realised it was her ex posing as her dead mother because of the bizarre references only he would know.

When cops visited the Willow Moon psychic shop, they confirmed Meadwell come in for a tarot reading.

3 He had been banned from contacting his ex after attacking her when their relationship broke down Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

Meadwell was banned from contacting Kay in December 2016 after putting his hands around her neck when their relationship broke down.

He was made subject of a community order and was sent on a domestic violence course after being convicted of another incident involving a different ex partner in March 2017.

Meadwell tried telling jurors the messages had been sent by a wellwisher who was trying to play Cupid but they saw through his lies.

He was jailed for four months suspended for two years and is now undertaking a 'Building Better Relationships' course.

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Sentencing, Recorder Mr Martin Meeke, QC, said: "When the complainant gave evidence I saw for myself her distress and the effect your conduct has had upon her.

"You clearly have a difficulty when relationships break down in coping with that breakdown. This sentence is suspended for two years and it is designed to have the Sword of Damocles hanging over you for as long as I can.

"The restraining order is still in force and if you contact Kay Wimbury again you will go straight inside."

Meadwell, of Yeovil, Somerset, was acquitted of sending a Facebook message through a fake account.

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