'He was a real gentleman, but after months of feeling harassed, he told me he was going to see me soon... that was the time I phoned the police'
05.01.2024 - 15:11
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A dairy farmer left a former university friend living in fear of him during a five-year campaign to woo her over WhatsApp. Isaac Aidley, 27 had a secret crush on a fellow undergraduate when they studied together at agricultural college.
After they left, his obsession developed into him sending her unwanted messages declaring his love for her. Despite being aware she had a boyfriend, Aidley sent her texts saying 'I love you always', asked her to go on walks with him and complimented her on selfies she posted online.
The target of the unwanted affection, who lives in a village near Nantwich, Cheshire, initially ignored the messages but alerted police when he kept promising he would 'see you soon'.
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She eventually became so terrified of Aidley turning up at her home, she asked a male friend to be on standby to protect her whenever her partner was away.
In a statement read in court, the woman, a farming business consultant told how Aidley had been part of a 'great group of friends when they were studying at Reaseheath college in Nantwich.
She described Aidley as being timid and coming from a very religious family where the sons did not go out very much and did not have girlfriends until they were older.
“I would have classed him as a real gentleman,” she said. “Throughout the whole time in university I had been in a relationship with someone else. I had never been in a relationship with Isaac and he was fully aware of my circumstances.
“I never gave Isaac the impression that there would be any more between us other than a friendship at most. When we left university we did not see each other much.''
The woman said that initially