Pictured: PCSO Vikki Gill in Canny Cops
A former soldier who stalked his PCSO girlfriend and staged a jet ski collision with her while on holiday in Mexico has avoided jail with a suspended sentence.
Police and Community Support Officer Vikki Gill, 36, went abroad with lorry driver William Thompson, 34, who used an app to track her movements, Durham Crown Court was told.
The court heard Miss Gill, who has appeared on the Channel 4 programme Canny Cops, suspected he had deliberately collided with her when the pair were on separate jet skis.
Prosecutor Chris Baker said she needed surgery to fit steel rods in her legs and had to use a wheelchair for the rest of the holiday, but Thompson remained 'unhelpful and unpleasant' towards her until they flew back to Britain.
After they returned from holiday, ex-serviceman Thompson dropped the injured woman at her mother's home and said: 'There you go. She's your problem'.
Thompson also posted a picture of a jet ski on his Facebook with the message 'Weapon of Choice'.
When Miss Gill finally left him, Thompson messaged her saying 'Someone is going to get hurt' with an image of a figure holding a pistol near where she was staying at a friend's house.
Thompson, of Consett, County Durham, admitted controlling and coercive behaviour and putting a person in fear of violence.
Judge Ray Singh gave him a 24-month jail sentence suspended for 24 months and ordered him to attend a 'better relationships' course.
He was also ordered to be tagged for a 120 day alcohol abstinence order and do 35 days rehabilitation activity.
Speaking after sentencing, mother-of-two Miss Gill said her police career has been left in ruins. She had managed to fight her way back to duty
