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A woman stalked a husband and wife over two years after her declaration of love was rejected by the man, a court heard.

Jennifer Tulloch, 48, bombarded the man with emails and text messages and was seen driving repeatedly past the couple’s home.

She ignored a harassment warning and continued pursuing the husband, while also following his wife around and haranguing her in a confrontation outside a pub, Kingston crown court heard. Tulloch admitted two charges of stalking involving serious alarm or distress at a hearing last month and was sentenced yesterday to a 12-month community order with 20 days of rehabilitation and 80 hours of community service. She was also given a five-year restraining order, banning her from contacting the couple.

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The court heard Tulloch first became friends with the man, 41, in September 2015. By the following year she was sending him regular messages and emails, had joined the same clubs as him and was following him to events. In July 2016 Tulloch declared her love for the man but he turned her down and told his wife, 48. The couple asked Tulloch to leave them alone.

She cut off contact for two months but then sent a series of “rambling” emails to the husband, who again told her not to message him.

Tulloch was issued with a harassment warning, but in January 2017 the wife noticed she was being followed. In August that year Tulloch shouted at her outside a pub in Wimbledon until she was led away by security staff. The couple called the police again in September last year after spotting Tulloch driving past their home. The husband received about 1,300 text messages from her over a couple of months, and detectives then discovered Tulloch had driven past the couple’s house 14 times over two hours.

Tulloch, of Morden, was arrested in October last year and sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

When questioned by police she admitted to all the actions she was accused of but denied it amounted to stalking. However, in court she pleaded guilty to the charges.