A STALKER who created a fake identity as part of a repeated bid to try and contact his ex-partner left a letter on her car expressing his intention to take his own life.

Simon Stevens, 41, left his victim “emotionally exhausted” after he made multiple attempts to contact her over the phone, through letters and family members.

Colchester Magistrates’ Court heard the couple had split in March last year.

Refusing to heed her pleas, Stevens repeatedly reached out to his ex, from Colchester.

This included sending videos over WhatsApp depicting him at the place where they first met and at a hotel they had stayed at.

In April, the victim sent Stevens a message which read “stop all contact, direct or indirect, or I will go to police, this is the last time I say that.”

But he continued to contact her and left a note on her car declaring his intention to kill himself.

After following through with an attempt to take his own life, he was sectioned.

In a statement, the victim said she had been left “emotionally exhausted, low and had thoughts of self-harm.”

She said: “I have been checking outside my windows many times before I go to bed and through the night.

“I fear he will turn up drunk and cause a scene.”

Stevens also created a fake online identity in his bid to contact her.

He admitted one charge of stalking.

Lucy Osborn, mitigating, read out a letter penned by Stevens, in which he expressed remorse.

He said he acted under the influence of alcohol and pills, and had since received treatment.

He said: “I wish I could turn back the clock and undo anything I have done to cause her distress.

“I still think a lot of her and wish her, and her daughter, all the best for the future.

“She has my sincerest apologies.”

Magistrates ordered Stevens, of Snowcroft, Capel St Mary, to complete a 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 120 hours of unpaid work.

He must pay £200 in court costs and was made the subject of a restraining order lasting 30 months.