Married financial consultant, 53, sent colleague a sex toy and kept diary tracking her movements, hairstyles and clothes
AN obsessed financial consultant sent a female colleague a sex toy and logged her movements, clothes, hairstyles and times she looked at him in a creepy diary. Married Andrew Browning, 53, followed Colette Surrage around the office, lurked by her desk and watched as she went in and out of the loo. At the height […]
AN obsessed financial consultant sent a female colleague a sex toy and logged her movements, clothes, hairstyles and times she looked at him in a creepy diary.
Married Andrew Browning, 53, followed Colette Surrage around the office, lurked by her desk and watched as she went in and out of the loo.
At the height of his seven month stalking campaign he followed her car and turned up outside the home she shared with her 24-year-old daughter.
Bosses stepped in when the diary was found at Huntswood consultants in Andover, Hampshire.
Basingstoke magistrates heard he was initially friends with Ms Surrage, 50, but became infatuated.
Kerry Richardson, prosecuting, said: “They were friends who would go into town and have coffee or see each other in the canteen.
“But Ms Surrage says they were nothing more.
“Mr Browning’s behaviour became obsessive and highly disturbing.”
‘LASTING PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT’
Ms Surrage was left “physically sick” by his behaviour, the court heard.
She did not attend the hearing but details of her torment were revealed in a victim impact statement.
“When he was caught following me, it made me feel sick,” she said.
“This was when the fear and anxiety began.
“I was constantly looking behind me. I’ve had sleepless nights.
“Seeing him watching me from the window was very creepy and so uncomfortable.
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“Although there was no physical assault, the psychological impact will last longer than any cuts and bruises.”
Browning, of Kingsclere, Berks, admitted stalking and was given 26 weeks jail, suspended for two years, plus a restraining order.
His wife supported him in court.
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