AN accounts manager admitted stalking his former girlfriend once their relationship came to an end, a court heard.

District judge John Woollard, sitting at Colchester Magistrates' Court on Thursday, heard Thomas Voller’s ex blocked his number.

Kristal Penrose, prosecuting, said despite being told in February she wanted not further contact, Voller, 30, of Coles Oak Lane, Dedham, continued to pursue her.

Levent Kemal, mitigating, said his client was “genuinely remorseful and embarrassed by his actions”.

The case was adjourned until July 9.

Judge Woollard extended Voller’s conditional bail so he cannot enter west Yorkshire or contact the victim.