BBC Information, Lancashire
PA MediaFormer Scotland captain Colin Hendry has been handed a one-year restraining order after he admitted harassing his ex-partner and leaving her “unable to depart the home with out fearing an unannounced go to”.
The previous Blackburn Rovers and Manchester Metropolis defender, who led the nationwide facet on the 1998 World Cup, pleaded responsible to harassment with out violence at Preston Magistrates Court docket.
The courtroom heard he had despatched repeated messages to his ex over a six-month interval and turned up at her house with undesirable presents on a number of events.
Hendry, of Land Road in Keith, Moray, was additionally ordered to finish 60 hours of unpaid work over the following 12 months and attend a course to vary his behaviour.
Talking after sentencing, senior crown prosecutor Natasha Clark mentioned Hendry had harassed his ex-partner between 29 Might and 4 July 2024, after their relationship ended.
She mentioned the previous Premier League star had “ignored her needs and breached boundaries she put in place” and his behaviour had been “intimidating and protracted, inflicting the sufferer immense misery”.
“Regardless of this, he initially refused to just accept it was harassment,” she mentioned.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) mentioned the 59-year-old, who gained 51 caps for Scotland and in addition performed for Dundee and Rangers within the Scottish Premiership, despatched messages from a number of totally different e-mail accounts and used “No Caller ID to name her after she blocked his quantity”.
When his calls went unanswered, he despatched dozens of emails and messaged her on the social media web site LinkedIn.
Getty PicturesA CPS consultant mentioned Hendry constantly tried to contact his ex and confirmed up at her home regardless of her insistence she now not wished any form of contact.
She reported him to the police and instructed officers his behaviour had made her depressed and anxious.
She added that she was “unable to depart the home with out fearing an unannounced go to from him”.
The consultant mentioned Lancashire Police warned Hendry about his conduct and instructed him to cease the undesirable communications.
They mentioned Hendry had initially admitted his actions, however had denied they have been harassment and claimed he had continued to contact her as a result of he had not been given a written warning by police.
He additionally claimed he was “merely involved for the affected particular person and her canine”.
The CPS added that prosecutors and police labored collectively to show Hendry's behaviour was harassment, which had left him with “no selection however to plead responsible”.
