Stalker tried to burn down ex-partner’s house after trashing her | UK news

A show jumping coach who threw petrol and tried to set fire to her ex-partner’s house after he tried to break up with her has been jailed.

Sarah Jones, 38, moved into Chris Cummings’ home with her two teenage daughters after the pair met at a horse show.

Chris, 37, now says letting them live in his £600,000 farmhouse in North Yorkshire was the worst decision of his life.

After five years of dating, Chris had decided that the spark in their relationship was gone and tried to break up with her, but Jones refused to leave.

She eventually called the police and changed the locks as she and her children left, The Mirror reports.

Chris, who owns a high-end horsebox company, said: “I bought my property myself after working hard to build my business, she had no right to anything here.

“But she refused to leave. I had no choice but to get the police involved and it was only then that she agreed she had to leave, and when she did the locks were changed.

“Sarah didn’t let it go and for six and nine months she did everything she could to make my life a misery.”

But Jones then set out to make life difficult for Chris, including breaking into his farmhouse and sending him threatening messages.

He also said he talked to his customers and spread false information about his business which he said he has still recovered from.

Chris even claimed that he stole her vacuum cleaner and has taken over.

In one terrifying incident, she found Jones throwing petrol around her horsebox just before she was about to light it.

Chris said: “You can’t imagine the effect it has on your life when someone is determined to try and bully you and ruin your business.

“I lived in constant anxiety about what I might do next.”

Jones was jailed for 18 months after she admitted burglary, theft and harassment at Teesside Crown Court.

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