Stroud woman jailed after stalking, harassing and threatening to kill couple

During sentencing at Gloucester Crown Court on Friday, Mr Lowe explained how Tiptaft became “obsessed” with her victims after becoming acquaintances with Ms Lyster in 2018.

“You started pestering them.

“You were sending handwritten letters to the pub where she used to work, emails, contacting her on social media – sometimes 100 emails a day and many, many calls,” he said.

Ms Lyster began distancing herself from Tiptaft, becoming “alarmed” by her behaviour.

In June, the couple contacted the police, and a community resolution with conditions to prevent contact from Tiptaft was imposed.

But within days, she disobeyed the order.

Tiptaft was arrested in September and given a six-month suspended prison sentence for two years as well as a drug rehabilitation order.

But in January, Tiptaft began making “endless calls” to the pub, making sexual threats, and sending emails from a false account.