A lovesick woman who was rejected by her partner after she refused to take part in a threesome turned into his stalker and threatened to kill him with a knife, a court heard this week.
Lauren Adamson began serving a prison sentence at a women’s prison on Saturday after admitting to stalking Tyler Seymour and threatening to kill him for ending their relationship.
A judge who described the case as “difficult” highlighted the seriousness of Adamson, 30, of Elmhurst Road, Aylesbury, turning up at Seymour’s home with a knife, sentencing her to 13 months in prison and issuing a restraining order against her.
At Aylesbury Crown Court, a prosecutor said Adamson met Seymour through a dating site and they began a casual, consensual sexual relationship.
However, the court heard that Seymour had the impression that Adamson wanted more than just a casual relationship.
Lauren Adamson, 30, from Aylesbury, has been sentenced to 13 months in prison after pleading guilty to stalking her ex-partner, Tyler Seymour, and threatening to kill him with a knife.
The dark-haired woman had a previous conviction for similar harassment, which was included in a list of five previous offences read out in court.
Adamson had rejected Mr Seymour’s proposal to engage in “couple swapping” and verbally abused him.
However, she discovered that Mr Seymour continued to have sexual relations with the other woman at a later date.
The judge was told that Adamson was the first person the plaintiff had seen romantically since his partner had died.
Prosecutor Victoria Forbes said the defendant continued to harass Mr Seymour, including having police improperly turn up at his door and sending him messages via social media and different phone numbers.
The court heard that Mr Seymour called Adamson a loser. She responded by saying: “I’m not a loser, words don’t kill, I know you won’t forget what I said.”
Ms Forbes said the messages began to refer to places Seymour was visiting and people he was seeing.
One message from Adamson to him on April 8 read: ‘I know where you live, I know your place of work and your address, I’m coming to kill you.’
Mr Seymour reported the threats to the police and Adamson was arrested and released on bail on condition that he not contact the complainant.
However, on 2 May, whilst still on bail, the defendant breached her bail conditions by turning up outside Mr Seymour’s home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, grabbing the right pocket of her jacket.
When she was arrested, police found a knife in her jacket pocket.
Ms Forbes went on to say that when Mr Seymour opened the door, Adamson told him: “I’m going to kill you.”
Adamson was also given a five-year restraining order against her in relation to Mr Seymour at Aylesbury Crown Court this week.
She said the defendant slipped a note under the complainant’s door that read: ‘I miss you, let’s be adults about this.’
“I know you love me, that’s why I started stalking you. Don’t make me kill you, because I’ll miss you. Don’t make me kill you.”
Adamson, who appeared via video link from HMP Bronzefield prison in Surrey, called police shortly afterwards to tell them she had breached her bail conditions. She was subsequently arrested again.
A statement from Mr Seymour on the impact of the situation on the victim was read out in court, in which he said: “I didn’t care that she made the threat but I became much more nervous and anxious the next day.”
Ms Forbes said: “There was an intent to maximise fear and distress and the behaviour was persistent.”
Adamson’s defence lawyer Neil Jarvis said the case was “troubling in many ways” and that his client had “lost it”.
He also expressed his sadness over the case.
Judge Alan Blake said: “This is a difficult case. I recognise it was a brief relationship and when it came to an end they found it very difficult to deal with.
‘It is clear from the psychiatric report that you are a person who has great difficulty coping with rejection and that you have suffered from mental health problems (probably due to your ADHD) since you were young.’
Judge Blake said it was the “perfect storm” because Adamson’s father had disowned her, she had problems with alcohol and her job had been moved to a zero-hours contract.
He added: “It remains a serious offence to stalk someone at the end of a relationship.”
Judge Blake noted the progress Adamson had made but felt there was no option but to impose a prison sentence.
Adamson pleaded guilty to harassment involving serious alarm or distress, one count of possession of a knife in a public place and one count of threatening to kill, and received a 13-month sentence.
A five-year restraining order was imposed on her against Mr Seymour.
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