A MAN who flouted banning orders and a suspended sentence to harass his ex has been jailed for eight months.

Mark Harvey, 36, carried out a ten-day campaign of harassment against Joanne Stockwell earlier this month.

A court heard he went round to her Colchester home – despite an exclusion order banning him from Artillery Street.

He made threats and damaged property, a court heard.

On one occasion he lost his temper and started shouting and swearing before punching a hole in her door, said Sharon Hall, prosecuting.

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