Alan Woods tampered with a female colleagues car (credit: Metropolitan Police)
Alan Woods, 51, from Lake Mead, Essex, pleaded guilty to stalking without fear, alarm or distress at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court. He was given a five-year restraining order and ordered to complete 200 hours unpaid work on Tuesday, 8 September.
The court heard how he stalked and harassed a female colleague from his workplace in Romford between July 2018 and April 2020.
It started on Friday, 20 July when Woods created a fake social media account in the victim’s name. He then sent messages to a colleague’s wife, falsely stating that he was having an affair with another colleague.
During that same month, he contacted the police and falsely claimed the victim had been driving while under the influence of drugs on her way to work. She was drugs tested outside the workplace by officers and the results came back all clear.
The victim told police she was being harassed but did not know who the perpetrator was on Thursday, 24 October 2019.
Throughout April this year Woods made multiple unwanted phone calls to the victim, left abusive messages and tampered with her car.
Police were able to establish the phone number used to send the abusive messages and discovered it was the same number which made the false accusation back in July 2018.
“Stalking and harassment in all its forms greatly impacts victims and this in this case their work life,” said Police Constable Tay Mirza.
“Hopefully today’s result will give the victim some peace of mind. Anyone that believes they are a current victim of stalking should contact the police by calling 101 or reporting it online.”
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Tags: Essex, Romford, Havering
