A WOMAN who was brought to tears in court as she relived the impact a stalker has had on her life has seen justice done after he was jailed.

Kaisaar Mahmood, from Penketh, created a ‘false narrative’ based on his ‘delusions’ that his victim wanted a relationship with him.

The 44-year-old’s actions caused her to have panic attacks, fear for her and her family’s safety and exclude herself from work photos.

But he is now behind bars after a judge ruled that the impact of his offending could only be justified by an immediate custodial sentence.

Mahmood appeared for sentence at Liverpool Crown Court after admitting a charge of stalking, with prosecutor Chris Hopkins explaining how the offence occurred between May 2019 and March 2021.

He met his victim while they were employed by the same company in 2016, although she was ‘not very impressed by him’ through his ‘odd behaviour’.

She left the company in January 2018, and in her leaving card he wrote ‘I will miss your beautiful presence’.

Later that month, he sent her a message asking he how the new job was going, and she politely asked him how he was. He replied: “A bit low. Your departure was a shock.”.

During leaving drinks in February, he tried to put his arm around her but a friend pushed him away, and a month later he messaged her saying: “I think I love you, but not in an obsessive manner. If you’re not interested, that's fine. I'll move on.”

When she replied that she did not feel the same, was in a happy relationship and wanted him to stop messaging her, he said: “I think you're off your head to be honest.”

The victim blocked his number, but this did not stop the defendant’s attempts to speak to her.

He claimed he had almost gotten into a fight over ‘haters’ gossiping’ and made false accusations that she was being ‘controlled’.

His attempts to contact her saw the victim’s friends, colleagues and ex-colleagues involved in his ‘apparent fantasy’.

Mahmood revealed in a text that a psychic told him he needed to take a woman in his future away from her boyfriend as she was in danger, mentioning the victim by name.

“The defendant appears to have created a totally false narrative of some kind of relationship with the complainant. It is delusional,” Mr Hopkins added.

Kaisaar Mahmood was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court

Kaisaar Mahmood was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court

The tearful victim was present in court and delivered an emotional statement detailing how the defendant’s actions had ‘taken so much from her’.

This included her fearing for her safety and the safety of her partner of 15 years and children.

His stalking also resulted in her changing the way she drives to work, stopping answering calls from unknown numbers in case it is him, suffering from panic attacks and installing CCTV at her home in case he turns up.

She said: “On International Women’s Day – a day I should be able to enjoy with colleagues – a photo was taken of the team.

“I asked not to be included as I am worried about him finding out where I work. It is not fair that I have to hide away and colleagues wonder why I am excluding myself.”

She added: “I used to be a happy person and would talk to anyone, but I don’t anymore as I fear someone else will do this.

“I am a different person than I was three years ago. I want to get back to how I was.”

Mr Hopkins revealed that Mahmood has two previous convictions for harassment, both of which involved a woman whom the defendant ‘perceived to be a partner’.

Damian Nolan, defending, spoke of how his client had undergone a psychiatric assessment for the first time, which identified a previously undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome.

“He admitted culpability in the report, and in cases of this type, it is an important step in avoiding future repetition,” he said of the university graduate, who had a job offer of a site chemist.

Mr Nolan added: “The case crosses the custody threshold, but does the court have to make an immediate sentence of imprisonment?

“The chance of any offending behaviour being properly addressed in a prison environment is minimal.”

But this appeal for a suspended prison sentence was rejected by recorder David O’Mahony, who said: “Having considered the effect this has had on your victim and her lifestyle and her family, and the feeling of imprisonment that she has felt, it seems to me the only appropriate sentence would be one of immediate custody.”

Mahmood, of Fenham Road in Penketh, was jailed for 58 weeks and ordered to abide by a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting his victim indefinitely.