A MAN expressed his thoughts about his ex-partner in an email he sent to her but disguised as a misplaced message to his sister.
Blackburn magistrates heard the message was sent just eight days after Jason Luke Simpson was made subject to a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting his estranged partner and a suspended prison sentence.
Simpson, 28, of Brownhill Avenue, Burnley, pleaded guilty to breach of a restraining order.
He was sentenced to four weeks in prison suspended for 12 months which is additional to the 18-week suspended sentence already in place.
He was also made subject to a community order for 12 months with 35 rehabilitation activity days.
Parveen Akhtar, prosecuting, said Simpson appeared in court for harassment on August 16 and was made subject to a suspended sentence and a restraining order which prohibited him from contacting his former partner.
Eight days later she received an e-mail from him which started with the words "His sis."
The message referred to his ex-partner as being his best friend and told how he loved her.
"It purported to be to his sister but was sent to his ex-partner and was clearly meant for her," said Miss Akhtar.
Simon Lloyd, defending, said the e-mail had been his attempt to put the relationship behind him.
"It was one last indication to her of how much she meant to him although it was disguised as a misdirected email to his sister," said Mr Lloyd.
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