Woman hired private detective to spy on boss she was obsessed with
A besotted supermarket employee has admitted stalking her boss – after she hired a private detective to find out where he lived.
Laura Dolman, 33, developed ‘romantic feelings’ for the Marc Klaver who was manager at the Co-op supermarket in Haslington, Cheshire.
She worked at the store as a team leader.
After Mr Klaver rebuffed her advances, Dolman paid the private investigator to plant a tracker device on the dad-of-three’s car to find out where he lived.
She also sent him a number of texts and calls between April 2021 and August 2022, and even wrote a letter to his ex-wife, causing him ‘serious distress’.
Mr Klaver left his job at the Co-op in September 2021 to get away from the unwanted admirer.
He even moved house and took a new route to work.
But Mr Klaver later became suspicious after seeing Dolman’s silver Skoda parked near his home in Weston, Crewe, in November.
The following April, Dolman confronted Mr Klaver whilst he was out walking with his son, where she admitted to planting a tracking device in his car.
Dolman also later left him a number of voicemails afterwards admitting to hiring a private investigator to plant the device.
Andrew Madden, prosecuting, said: ‘She said that she placed a tracker on his vehicle. He believed that was a ploy to get his attention so he ignored it.
‘But she left voice messages on his phone and made it known that she had hired a detective private investigator to obtain a tracker.’
Dolman, from Crewe, who is now thought to be working for another retail outlet, pleaded guilty to stalking involving serious alarm or distress.
Dolman’s solicitor Stuart Flood said: ‘This was not all in one way by any stretch of the imagination although she acknowledges her behaviour would amount to stalking and she acknowledges that with her prompt guilty plea.
‘She has no previous matters on record. Given the nature of the charge, I would think that a report would benefit the court before sentencing.’
Dolman will be sentenced on May 16.
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