A jilted fiancé posed as the ghost of his former partner's dead mother through psychic's letters urging her to take him back, a court has heard.

Roy Meadwell was trying to win back Kay Winbury's affections, but was banned from contacting her due to a restraining order imposed by magistrates.

The order also banned him from entering Cornwall.

He has now gone on trial at Exeter Crown Court accused of breaking the order on five occasions, including one in which he sent a letter which purported to come from her dead mother via a psychic in Tintagel, Cornwall.

The letter did not name Meadwell but spoke of "the man who sacrificed everything for you, the man who loves you, the man who wanted you to be his wife" and urged her "all you have to do is to call him".