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An ‘obsessed’ former constable was in the present day convicted of stalking his estranged policewoman spouse who he caught having intercourse with a married police inspector in a Screwfix automobile park.
Gavin Harper, 45, was discovered responsible of the aggravated stalking of Stephanie Glynn, 40, inflicting her critical alarm or misery between December 2020 and February 2021.
At Liverpool Crown Court docket on Monday, jurors couldn’t attain a verdict on the allegation that the father-of-two additionally unlawfully wounded appearing Inspector Andrew McLullich, 42, on the Screwfix automobile park in Birkenhead, Wirral.
Prosecutors will return to courtroom on April 2 to announce whether or not they are going to search a retrial on the excellent rely.
The Crown mentioned the safety officer subjected Ms Glynn to ‘obsessive, intrusive and undesirable behaviour’ together with spying on her, secretly bugging her automobile, listening into her conservations, monitoring her whereabouts and taking her telephone with out her permission.
Gavin Harper (pictured smiling as he arrived for courtroom on Monday), 45, was discovered responsible of stalking his spouse Stephanie Glynn, 40
PC Stephanie Glynn was in a relationship with Harper for six years earlier than they married in 2018. She informed him their marriage was over and moved out in November 2020
Stephanie Glynn and Gavin Harper are pictured chopping a cake on their wedding ceremony day in 2018
Harper found the late night time Screwfix tryst after it was mentioned he positioned a tracker beneath Ms Glynn’s car.
The defendant and Ms Glynn met as Merseyside Law enforcement officials and have been in a six-year relationship earlier than they married in 2018.
However Ms Glynn left the household house in December 2020 after she grew near her work mentor Mr McLullich and the prosecution mentioned the defendant couldn’t settle for the wedding breakdown and have become ‘obsessive about catching her within the act’.
Ms Glynn and Mr McLullich have been bare from the waist down at the back of the inspector’s car when Harper crept up and filmed them on the window together with his cell phone.
Glynn, now divorced, was mentioned to be ‘sickeningly anxious’ on account of the defendant’s marketing campaign of behaviour and informed the jury she ‘continually appeared over her shoulder’, had modified her routes to work and had undergone counselling.
Ryan Rothwell, prosecuting, mentioned that Harper knew what he was doing was incorrect, not solely due to his police background but in addition as a result of he was warned about his behaviour on various events together with from Ms Glynn who informed him he was ‘unhinged’.
The Crown alleged the defendant ‘rained’ punches on the married inspector after he opened the rear passenger door of the car.
It was then mentioned Ms Glynn pulled Harper away as Mr McLullich managed to get out of the automobile and pull up his tracksuit bottoms.
Stephanie Glynn and Andrew McLullich have been found within the automobile park of Screwfix in Birkenhead, Liverpool (pictured)
The prosecution additional alleged that Mr McLullich tried to cease Harper retrieving a tracker from beneath Ms Glynn’s automobile and the defendant responded by hanging him, probably with a torch, to the highest of his head.
Harper denied inflicting cuts to Mr McLullich’s head with, or with out, a torch.
Harper additionally denied self-inflicting facial accidents after he left the scene at Screwfix and mentioned Mr McLullich, who has since left Merseyside Police, didn’t have a head harm when he drove off.
His barrister, Suzanne Payne, informed the jury: ‘Up till October 2020 Gavin Harper thought he was in a very good marriage they usually have been going to have a household.
‘Then his spouse began appearing out of character and he wished to know what was occurring.’
Giving proof Harper mentioned he didn’t have violence on his thoughts when he arrived on the automobile park and simply wished ‘plain proof’ of the affair which Ms Glynn had persistently denied.
His intention was to move the video on to police as proof of two serving officers having an inappropriate relationship throughout Covid, he mentioned.
Harper (pictured) found the late night time Screwfix tryst after it was mentioned he positioned a tracker beneath Ms Glynn’s car
Harper, from Liscard, Wirral, mentioned Mr McLullich was the aggressor and it was he who began punching him from within the car and he responded with ‘three, 4’ punches in self-defence.
He mentioned he didn’t have the power to react any additional and was punched once more on the ground by Mr McLullich who had ‘leg-sweeped’ him earlier than he mentioned Ms Glynn kicked him to the aspect of his physique along with her socks on.
Harper mentioned he later made a remark in regards to the dimension of Mr McLullich’s penis and was met with additional blows.
Jurors discovered Harper responsible of aggravated stalking by a 11-1 majority verdict.
Harper was granted conditional bail forward of his subsequent courtroom look however was informed by Choose David Potter he confronted a right away custodial sentence for the offence he had been convicted of.
