A 'self-obsessed' stalker who 'would not take no for an answer' left a woman 'terrified' as he behaved 'like something from a horror story'.

Oliver Davies turned up at his victim's church and befriended her grandmother to gain information about her whereabouts after she ended their 'unlikely' friendship and blocked him on social media.

The 36-year-old was 'persistent' in his actions and 'utterly ruined the innocent young woman's sense of safety' over a four-year period.

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Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard Davies and the woman first met in a theatre group in 2009.

The woman and Davies, who was made the subject of a 10 year Sexual Risk Order in February 2017 - which restricted his c

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