A stalker left his victim "constantly in fear" after turning up at her house and making incessant calls.

Anthony Wayne Norris, 31, of Green Avenue, Bolton, was first given a restraining order on 27 June last year which told him not to contact his victim.

But since then, Bolton Crown Court heard how he had breached the order three times, at one point making nearly 200 phone calls to her and went to his victim’s house on March 13.

Katherine Wright, prosecuting, said: “She was met by the defendant who started to shout 'I need to explain, I need to explain.'”

Ms Wright told the court how Norris reappeared at his victim’s house in the early hours of the morning on June 1 when she was woken up by a "loud bang" and saw him standing on the garden path.

He then ran off, with broken glass lying on the path which apparently had not been there before.

Norris also made a series of phone calls to his victim, some of them threatening and abusive on May 1, and at one point left her with 199 missed calls within the space of a few hours.

He was arrested by police on June 4 where he admitted to breaching his restraining order.

Norris pleaded guilty to two breaches of the order but was only convicted of a third breach and for stalking between March 14 and June 4 this year after a trial at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.

A victim statement read by Ms Wright said: “I am constantly in fear for my life and do not know what he will do next.”

She added that she had suffered panic attacks and feared Norris would continue to "terrorise" her.

Kevin Lister, defending, argued that Norris had not committed any violent acts and had behaved well while on remand.

He said: “While there was a fear of violence, none was actually exerted or used.”

But Recorder Simon Hilton ruled that Norris had caused his victim "very serious fear" which had forced her to "make changes to her lifestyle".

He sentenced Norris to two-and-a-half years in prison.