CRAIG MORLEY – HULL

❌CRAIG MORLEY – HULL❌

2023 – Obsessed troublemaker smashes up three cars in Hull street as part of ‘revenge attack’ on ex-girlfriend

He warned that ‘no-one was ready for his next move’

An obsessed troublemaker angrily smashed up three cars as part of a “revenge attack” after he repeatedly threatened his terrified ex-girlfriend and tried to break into her home.

Aggressive and fired-up Craig Morley showed “complete disregard” for a court order and he haunted the woman’s life and left her “completely frightened” of him, Hull Crown Court heard.

Morley, 34, of Holderness Road, east Hull, admitted breaching a non-molestation order and three offences of damaging cars. A charge of stalking was left on file.

Charlotte Baines, prosecuting, said that a non-molestation order had been made at Hull County Court on July 14 after the couple’s seven-year relationship ended in June last year but he repeatedly breached it by making telephone calls and leaving voice messages.

In a telephone call on October 18, he made threats to enter her home and boot the door in and said that he was on his way. He threatened to “f*** her up” in the garden. She received 12 calls between that day and November 10.

In one message, Morley warned: “No one’s ready for my next move.” He aggressively tried to get into her home, rattled the letter box and shouted “Open up.”

The woman returned home to find that her daughter’s car and two others, belonging to neighbours, had been damaged. A hammer was found behind the driver’s seat of the daughter’s car. “It was a revenge attack,” said Miss Baines.

The ex-girlfriend later said: “I am always on edge. I feel that Craig can’t accept that I have ended the relationship and can’t deal with that. I am left scared and frightened that Craig will come back.

“He has shown complete disregard for the non-molestation order. I am left thinking what would have happened if Craig had got into the address. I am completely frightened of Craig. Craig haunts my life. I am on edge when I leave the house

Judge Michael Fanning told Morley: “She can’t sleep. She was scared of you – petrified. This piece of paper (the non-molestation order) was of no value to her. This is very serious harm, not the worst but very serious — repeated breaches of this court order.

“There was no direct physical confrontation. The only discomfort she gets is when you are detained. Otherwise, it’s just a piece of paper.”

Morley was jailed for 15 months and was given a five-year restraining order. He will have to pay a £187 court surcharge. The hammer will be forfeited.