David McKenzie, 36, who was already handed an order for lifelong restriction 15 years ago, was able to terrorise a 43-year-old woman from behind bars.
A convicted sex offender so dangerous he was sentenced to life was able to terrorise a woman from inside a top security Scottish jail.
Their “friendship” had been mostly conducted through text messages and phone calls when he was recalled to prison on the orders of the parole board in May 2020, the court heard. Ms Cunningham said: “Initially these calls were acceptable in nature, but he began to get possessive, demanding to know reasons why, if she hadn't answered his calls. She tried to distance herself from him, but he began to leave voice mails and to phone her at different times of the day.”
The court heard that on just one day, March 7th 2023, the woman received over 200 calls from McKenzie, and between 22nd and 31st of March he called her another 230 unanswered times. He then left a voice message saying he was getting out in six months and she'd “better watch herself because she'd p***** him off”.
Appearing by video link on Tuesday, McKenzie, from Elgin, Morayshire, pleaded guilty to causing the woman fear and alarm by stalking her from HMP Glenochil. The offence was committed between September 1st 2022 and April 3rd last year. He sentenced McKenzie to 18 months imprisonment. The court was told that if and when McKenzie is freed again will be up to the parole board, and it was likely to be “some considerable time” before the board would consider his case again.
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