Man jailed for harassing ex-partner in Peterborough
He broke into the victim's former house
A man from Peterborough has been jailed for a year after harassing his ex-partner.
39-year-old Darren Wheeler turned up at the victim's former house despite being banned from it under a restraining order.
The victim had thought Wheeler was going to show up there, so locked the doors of the house.
Wheeler then broke into the house through force.
A Cambridgeshire police spokesperson said, "Darren Wheeler, 39, turned up at the victim’s former house in Eastfield, Peterborough, at about 9.15am on 21 April.
"She had arrived to pick up some belongings from the house, which Wheeler had been banned from under the terms of a restraining order.
"The order had been imposed at Cambridge Crown Court in December 2024 after Wheeler was convicted of grievous bodily harm without intent on a man and given a suspended sentence.
"The victim had been concerned Wheeler would be there and had locked the doors.
"But he went to the back garden, smashed a fence, and used the wood to smash the back door of the house.
"Officers were called and Wheeler escaped through a window and drove off in a car.
"He was arrested on 2 May at a property in Bretton, Peterborough.
On Friday (28 November), a Cambridge Crown Court, Wheeler, of Deerleep, Bretton, was jailed for a year after pleading guilty to harassment, which also activated the suspended sentence."