Indefinite protection order issued after family subjected to 'relentless' stalking
Details of stranger's 'ludicrous' beliefs heard at Llannelli Magistrates Court
A family has been subjected to three years of ‘relentless and bizarre’ behaviour from a man who formed the ‘ludicrous’ belief that three siblings were his biological children.
Robert Innes, of Whitland, formed the idea in 2020 that a young woman he claimed to have seen on a bus was his daughter.
Since then, he carried out a campaign of stalking, intimidating, and trying to contact her and her family, convinced she and her two siblings were taken from him through the foster care system many years ago.
The 52-year-old appeared in court, where Dyfed-Powys Police successfully applied for an indefinite Stalking Protection Order, safeguarding the family from his behaviour.
The force’s litigation lawyer Sue Clarke said: “This is a very unusual case, in which there are four victims – a mother and her three adult children.
“While Innes is a complete stranger to all of them, he formed the notion that the three children are biologically his, and that they were taken from him. He believes their biological mother to be someone else entirely, that he had a relationship with many years ago.
“His behaviour has put the family in fear, and we were determined to explore all options to safeguard them.”
An interim stalking protection order was put in place at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on October 26, however Dyfed-Powys Police asked the court to consider an order with no end, which was granted on Thursday.