A 40-year-old man this week pleaded guilty to harassing his ex-partner.
Nedyalko Ivanov Marinov filmed the woman with a secret camera hidden in her bedroom.
He claimed that he had wanted to keep an eye on their child who would sometimes sleep in the same bedroom.
Sentencing was adjourned until today (Thursday) to allow time for a restraining order to be drawn up.
Prosecuting advocate Hazel Carroon told the court that Marinov was living in a camper van near Cronk y Berry Avenue where he had previously lived with the woman.
On May 21 he was given a Police Information Notice (PIN), which is a warning notice relating to harassment.
Despite this, Marinov was said to have sent the woman 12 messages on June 15, with some mentioning sexual acts.
Marinov was also recording the woman via a baby monitor in her bedroom, concealed in some fairy lights.
The woman found the monitor on May 17, the week after it had been turned on.
Video footage was found on Marinov’s phone which had been recorded from the baby monitor.
Marinov and the woman were said to have argued and he sent her more messages, demanding that the electricity be plugged into his camper van.
He also raised her car using a jack and sent her a message saying the car would be brought down when the electricity was reconnected.
Marinov was said to be living in the camper van around 10 metres from the woman’s home.
When police spoke to him he claimed he had not fully understood the PIN and said he had only had contact with the woman over their child.
He admitted to officers that he had raised the car using the jack after an argument, and said that the baby monitor was turned on because he wanted to keep an eye on their child.
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The court heard that Marinov received a suspended sentence in 2019 for common assault committed against the same woman.
A probation report said that Marinov had moved to the island in 2015 and was from Bulgaria.
The report said that he appeared to fail to understand the impact of his actions and possibly what a healthy relationship was.
He told probation that he and three friends had been staying at the property up until a few days before his arrest.
He said that he had then been asked for money which he didn’t have and he believed that was why his former partner called the police.
Defence advocate Kate Alexander said: ‘We appreciate this was an unpleasant incident of a domestic nature.
‘Mr Marinov said they were in an on/off relationship. He feels she behaves favourably towards him when she wants something.’
Ms Alexander said that Marinov had said that the woman had installed recording devices in other areas to record him previously, and that the baby monitor was already in the room, but had not been plugged in until he turned it on.
The advocate said that her client had therefore not gone out and purchased it specifically to record the victim.
Regarding the electricity and car jacking, Marinov said that this had been a ‘knee-jerk reaction’ and that he had been using the electricity for some months previously, and that he funded some of the outgoings for the property.
Ms Alexander said that Marinov was willing to remain on remand while a restraining order was drafted and intended to have his motor home moved.