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A fixated worker who urinated into a female colleague's water bottle after she spurned his advances, has been jailed for 18 weeks.

Marc Wroe, 44, sent Heather Kendall sexually explicit emails, flowers and paid late night visits to her home during a SEVEN year campaign of harrassment.

He was caught on camera urinating in Ms Kendall's drink after bosses at Tom Parker Ltd in Preston, Lancashire, fitted CCTV in the hydraulics distribution firm offices.

Jailing Wroe at Preston Magistrates' Court, District Judge Jane Goodwin told him: "This was extremely serious behaviour, conducted over a seven year period.

"It was behaviour in a workplace, you accept that there were sexual connotations by way of emails."

Judge Goodwin said despite police and managerial warning regarding his behaviour Wroe continued to harass mum-of-one Mrs Kendall, who was an accounts manager at the company.

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"You ignored those warnings. You were fixated by Mrs Kendall. "This all culminated in you urinating in her water bottle, while she was in a place of work, on at least three occasions."

The court heard Mrs Kendall has been left anxious, with low self-esteem. She feels dirty and fears going to the shops and is suspicious of people. Judge Goodwin said: "You have left her living her life on pins. The impact on the victim has been severe."

Wroe, of Preston, pleaded guilty to harassment without violence between July 2007 and May 2014. As well as the jail term he was issued with a three-year restraining order banning him from contacting Mrs Kendall, preventing him from entering her street and barring him from approaching within 100m of Tom Parker Ltd.

Prosecutor Alex Mann said Wroe began targeting his victim with emails in a bid to win her affection, but she made it plain she was not interested in him romantically.

Despite her shunning him Wroe continued with 'sexually suggestive' emails, which led her to contact the police and he then stopped for six months.

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Wroe also tracked her down at home and knocked on her door at 10pm one night when her husband was away. He then sent her flowers by way of an apology.

Miss Mann said: "She asked him to leave her alone, but he didn't take any notice. "She started to become, in a way, paranoid about what could happen. She found his behaviour scary."

Mrs Kendall, who sat in the public gallery in court, wept with relief as Wroe was jailed. And she listened as the court heard his unwanted advances have effected her work life and the relationship with her husband and daughter. She said: "I didn't know what I'd done to deserve this."

Miss Mann said: "At work she thought her water bottle smelt a bit funny and she noticed a particular smell that reminded her of urine. "

She mentioned it to colleagues and she asked for cameras to be installed. These showed him urinating in her water bottles and returning with them. It happened more than once."

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The court heard Wroe had contaminated the water on at least three occasions as a 'sexual act.'

The court heard he told police it was 'in revenge' for his affections being rejected.

The victim received soiled ladies underwear in the post, had lingerie catalogues and samples addressed to her, received Valentine's cards addressed to her partner posted to her home, but Wroe denied being behind those.

Mitigating Greg Earnshaw said Wroe is remorseful, has lost his job, and may have to move house due to the public shame.

Mrs Earnshaw said: "It is a shameful act. He is highly embarrassed and owned up to it straight away.

"There has never been any bragging about what he has done. These were ham-fisted attempts at affection."