A PENSIONER broke the terms of his restraining order by turning up at his victim's workplace, a court has heard.

Brian Prosser, 70, admitted the offence when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

Prosecutor Jonathan Purser said Prosser had been made subject to a community order and a restraining order banning him from contacting a woman he had been convicted of stalking in September last year.

But on October 10, the victim had been at work in a shop and cafe in Hereford when she became aware that Prosser was stood outside looking through the window.

"Realising he was not going away, she gestured for him to leave," Mr Purser said.

"He gestured back for her to come out and speak to him. She shook her head and called out that he needed to leave, but he gestured for her to come out again. She refused and he then left.

"She said he knew she worked there and she is angry with him. She has given him a number of chances, but she cannot deal with him harassing her at work."

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In interview, Prosser said he had gone to the shop with the intention of finding out if she owned it and that he had seen her dog when he looked through the window.

He admitted asking her to come outside, but said this was because he wanted to congratulate her on her business.

Edmund Middleton, for Prosser, said the pensioner had become very isolated after the death of his partner in 1991.

"He tells me he had seen the victim's dog by chance while going to pick up his medications and gestured for her to speak to him," Mr Middleton said.

"He has a deep sense of shame at finding himself before the court again."

Prosser, of Brookside, Canon Pyon, was handed a 12-month restraining order and fined £50. He must also pay costs of £75 and a £95 victim surcharge.