Persistent attempts to find reason for relationship breakdown 'harassment'

A man who persisted in finding a reason for the breakdown of his six-year relationship with his partner was fined and barred from approaching the woman he admitted to harassing. 

The 40-year-old father and construction worker, whose name was banned by court order, was arrested following persistent attempts to reason out why his relationship with the victim had ended on the rocks.

His latest attempt took place at 2am on Wednesday and although details of that particular episode were not divulged in court, prosecuting Inspector Eman Hayman explained that the accused was “neither arrogant nor violent”.

But ever since their break up on August 20, the accused persisted in pestering his ex, asking why the relationship had ended and what had gone wrong.

The man evidently had a problem with closure and his behaviour amounted to harassment.

Upon arraignment, the accused pleaded guilty to harassment, misuse of electronic communications equipment and breaching the terms of a suspended sentence handed down three years ago. 

“Last Sunday, the accused and his ex were at her home… And the latest report was filed after that encounter,” remarked the man’s lawyer, Arthur Azzopardi.

In light of his...