Sunday 20 November 2022 10:08 PM Ecologist bombarded woman with abusive messages after affair they began in ... trends now
A marine ecologist nicknamed the 'Wild Angler' threatened to ruin a leading corporate executive after she ended a torrid affair they began at a rehabilitation clinic.
Nicholas Grasby, 42, bombarded married City bigwig Justine Gallen with abusive messages after she left the £3,640-a-week facility to return to her family.
In one of his 50 jealousy-fuelled missives, Grasby – a specialist in fisheries management for the Environment Agency and an expert in the Japanese art of growing bonsai trees – told Miss Gallen: 'You are a bitter old drunk and I have no concerns about burning you to the ground.'
In another, he said: 'You are a wimpy haired old mean saggy b*****.'
Miss Gallen, 55, a former PA for Credit Suisse whose firm advises various investment banks in London, contacted police.
At Warrington Magistrates' Court, Grasby was banned from contacting mother-of-three Miss Gallen for 12 months under a restraining order after he admitted harassment.
The court heard the couple met this year when both were admitted to the clinic in Cuddington, near Northwich in Cheshire.
Justine Gallen, 55, (pictured) contacted the police after Nicholas Grasby - who she met at a £3,640-a-week rehabilitation facility - bombarded her with abusive messages
Laura Simpson, prosecuting, said: 'A week after they started the affair the defendant left the rehabilitation centre. From then, they visited one another.'
But the court heard they fell out when Miss Gallen visited Grasby on September 1. The pair went for a walk and a drink before returning to his home. Miss Simpson said: 'He asked her to leave and he was acting in an aggressive manner. She left the property and returned home to Bath.
'Since that incident, the defendant has been sending the victim
