A man with an “unenviable record” who is currently serving a jail sentence for burglary has been jailed again for stalking his ex-partner.
Repeat offender Callum Parkinson appeared at Preston Crown Court on Friday (June 23) after pleading guilty to stalking incidents which took place between August and November last year.
The court was told how Parkinson, of Cambridge Street, Nelson, had been in a relationship with the mother of his child for around four years, but it came to an end in August 2022.
Prosecuting, Sarah Gruffydd said: “At first the relationship between them was amicable but on August 9, she saw Parkinson approaching her house holding a bottle of Ciroc vodka.
“He said he would smash it over her head as he believed she had been sleeping with her neighbour.
“A number of calls were then made to her asking if they could sort things out and when she refused he threatened to smash her windows.
“On previous occasions she had given in to his pleas to sort things out as it had made life easier.
“Following this, she was out in Burnley town centre with friends when she received a call saying he knew where she was.
“Some 20 minutes later he appeared in the club she was in and stood watching her from a distance.”
Ms Gruffydd said, from that night, the threats and calls became worse with Parkinson threatening to stab his ex-partner, stab his son and take him away, and slice her face open.
There were also threats made to damage her property and on August 23 he threatened to smash her windows and then smash her head in.
On August 26, Parkinson tried to call his victim again but she refused to answer. These calls continued until August 28 when she picked up and told him to leave her alone.
Ms Gruffydd went on: “She told him she was going to move but he said he would follow her.
“He also asked her dad if he knew where he could get hold of a gun, and when asked why he did this he said because he knew it would get back to her.”
The victim reported Parkinson to the police and while she was providing a statement she received seven calls from him, one in which he even threatened the police officer.
Continuing his tirade of harassment, on September 1, she received a message from him at 3am saying he was outside her house, before he threatened to put her windows through.
Later that day, Parkinson made further threats to his ex-partner as well as her friend, and turned up at her house again.
The court heard how there were more incidents in October where he began asking her for money, and sent her a video of him driving past her house.
Ms Gruffydd said: “He threatened to damage her dad’s garage with petrol and made a further 26 calls to her on November 7, before threatening again to smash her head in and petrol bomb her house.”
Parkinson, who has 22 convictions for 68 offences, refused to co-operate with the police in interview, but was jailed in November last year for a burglary offence.
Defending, Kristian Cavanagh said it was the first time his client had been in adult custody and asked for any sentence to be kept to a minimum.
Recorder Michelle Brown said Parkinson had an “unenviable record” and jailed him for 10 months.
He was also handed a five year restraining order and told not to go within 100m of his ex-partner’s house.
