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In fact, he was arrested in the fall of 2003 by Toronto Police and charged with criminal harassment and threatening death, charges which were resolved by a peace bond.

By then, his delusion had morphed from erotomania to persecutory, with Gajewski believing Newman was conspiring with among others the Canada Revenue Agency.

Though he didn’t actively surface again for several years, review board documents show that by late 2004, Gajewski had begun collecting paperwork on the charges and tried to have Newman, her father and the police officers who had arrested him charged as part of the vast conspiracy he by then believed was operating against him.

The physical separation between myself and this man — the maximum security status … that protected my safety — is gone.

He was also, other court documents show, surreptitiously taking pictures of Newman’s home, her father’s home, street signs and other young women who looked like Newman, though not of her.

Then, on Sept. 17, 2009, with Newman sitting in the passenger’s seat of her car in her own driveway, waiting for her business partner as they were going to drive to an appointment, Gajewski suddenly appeared and opened the car door.

Telling her he was there to place her under arrest pursuant to the Criminal Code and “in the name of Jehovah God” and that she was corrupt and needed to be punished, Gajewski grabbed her by the wrists and dragged her from the car.

When her partner arrived and tried to help, Gajewski managed to pull them both up the street.

And, Det. Michael Kiproff testified at Gajewski’s bail hearing, a search of his apartment turned up what was basically an attack kit — makeshift handcuffs made out of zip ties that were “almost pre-loaded,” rolls of thick duct tape and a large Exacto knife.