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A jealous husband and former conservative councillor who posed as a successful businessman has been convicted of stalking his ex-wife in a campaign of terror.
Anthony De Havilland, whose real name is Tony Ramsden, incessantly stalked his wife Simone Jackson after she left him in early 2023 for his dominating and possessive behaviour at their home in Poole, Dorset.
The former member of Bournemouth council, who once had the personalised number plate of '7ORY', was said to have controlled his wife's finances, using her money to pay off hefty credit card bills, and isolated her from her friends and family.
Ms Jackson, 33, said her ex-husband lived a 'champagne lifestyle on a lemonade budget', enjoying all the 'accoutrement of wealth' including a Ferrari, a Porsche, holidays to Mexico and Vietnam, which he was unable to afford.
De Havilland was found guilty of stalking after a court heard he instilled 'a genuine sense of fear' in Ms Jackson by 'bombarding' her with phone calls and Whatsapp messages and 'tracking her movements'.
Anthony De Havilland, 54, who has been convicted of stalking his wife in a campaign of terror
Simone Jackson, 33, was subject to incessant stalking from her ex-husband after she left him in early 2023 for his dominating and possessive behaviour
Simone Jackson with her then husband Anthony De Havilland. The couple had lived together a a flat in Poole, Dorset, before Ms Jackson finally decided to leave him
Miss Jackson moved out of their flat in early 2023 after growing sick of De Havilland's controlling behaviour and went to stay with a friend at first. But the 54-year-old refused to let her 'get away from him'.
She was on the verge of signing a contract to move into a flat until De Havilland intervened.
De Havilland wrongly feared Miss Jackson was having an affair with her new potential landlord and so emailed him to 'torpedo' and 'put the kibosh' on her plans of moving into a flat.
He then messaged Miss Jackson, telling her 'I am sure he fancied you' and followed it with a cruel jibe that she would 'probably get rent free after the first month'.
Leah Dillon, prosecuting, told the court that De Havillland had 'no right' to get involved and this was an example of him trying to control the victim.
On June 2 De Havilland called Miss Jackson 120 times in the space of a few hours.
Ms Jackson said she got a sense that she was being watched and followed and on June 7 last year she had the first of several encounters with her ex.
She had been walking by herself along the edge of Poole Harbour at Sandbanks and was heading back to her Range Rover when she said De Havilland 'jumped out' in front of her.
A frightening four mile pursuit then ensued as De Havilland followed her from Sandbanks to Bournemouth police station.
Ms Jackson said: 'He started banging on the windscreen and I locked the doors.
'As I drove away I had to swerve to avoid him and then saw him run to his Porsche and start following me. I drove to the police station and I was on the phone to the police the whole time, adrenaline through the roof shaking and scared.
'This was at 9.30pm and I stayed in the police station until 4am because I just didn't feel safe
