Man who tracked woman's car and left condoms on her doorstep banned from using back door

A stalker who fitted trackers to his neighbour’s car has been banned from using his back door and going in his back yard. Gareth, Brierley, 45, also followed his victim to work, slashed her car tyre, sent her gifts and stared at her home from his window while not wearing many clothes.

He admitted stalking and four counts of criminal damage at Stockport Magistrates’ Court and was bailed until sentencing next month. Bail conditions include only being to enter or leave his house in Stockport, Greater Manchester, by the front door and not going in his rear yard. After the hearing Brierley, a married aircraft part manufacturer, said: “I am sorry for doing it. I regret everything I did that was illegal or that scared her. I had a drink problem at the time. I am looking at a prison sentence, I’m hoping it is suspended.



“I feel terrible about everything negative and wrong I have done, it got out of control. I have to live with it and the stigma of being a stalker.” In a year-long campaign of harassment, Brierley placed three tracking devices on his victim’s car and followed her to work despite her telling him to leave her alone. He received a warning from the police but cut off the lids of her wheelie bins and also damaged her porch roof and security lights.

Items were left on her doorstep including flowers, chocolates and condoms. Brierley will be sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court on February 9. Under his bail conditions he can only use his back door or yard in ‘extreme circumstances, ie fire or emergency’. Inspector Steve Palmer, from Stockport’s east area neighbourhood police team, said: “This sort of offence is serious, fortunately we were able to arrest him before his behaviour got any worse.”