Lovesick stalker told terrified Blackpool mum: 'You say our relationship is over. I say no.'

Always looking over your shoulder. Never knowing whether that next phone call is a harmless cold caller – or something far more sinister. Too terrified to even open your bedroom curtains.

This was the life of Dee Timperley, a 51-year-old Blackpool mum stalked for six months by a lovesick ex-partner who refused to take no for an answer.

Stanislav Moravcik, 51, of Durley Road, South Shore, pleaded guilty to stalking at East Lancashire Magistrates’ Court on August 23, and was given a restraining order. He is forbidden from contacting Dee and her 18-year-old daughter.

Now the brave mum-of-one is speaking out in the hope that other victims of stalking will be inspired to seek help.

She said: “He continued to stalk me, sending me love letters. The final straw was having a love letter I’d written to him years earlier tattooed on his body.

“I was frightened in my own home and scared to leave.

“My heart would stop every time I saw a red car.”

Dee, a dog trainer, met Moravcik at Bar 19 on Queen Street, Blackpool, in May 2014.

Charmed by his good looks and humorous personality, Dee fell for him and the pair began dating.

But the relationship deteriorated and she ended it once and for all in February.

Tearfully, Dee explained how a former partner of Moravcik had tried to warn her that her new lover had pleaded guilty to harassment at Blackpool Magistrates’ Court in 2013.

She said: “I thought she was just being jealous, but she was right.

“Whenever I went out with my friends, he was there.

“It has totally changed my personality.

“I was looking over my shoulder all the time.

“He made me think it was my fault. He sent me eight-page letters saying he was already dead without me.

“He sent me 27 different messages in the first week after we broke up and tried to contact me on two different phones.

“He told me: ‘You say it’s over. I say no.”

“I wouldn’t leave the house or even open the blinds.”

Dee finally approached Fylde Coast Women’s Aid, who helped bring her case to court.

She said: “They were absolutely amazing.

“I thought I was being pathetic.

“They were the ones telling me that I wasn’t overreacting, that I was right to do this.”

She added that she hopes other women who are being stalked or abused by a current or former partner find the courage to speak out.

She said: “Women do not have to live like prisoners.

“If you are not happy, you should have the choice to leave the relationship amicably.

“Fortunately my stalker did not use any violence, but in a lot of circumstances there is fear of violence and death.

“I urge people to Google their new prospective partner and check with the charity Clare’s Law to make sure they do not have a history of harassment, stalking, or anything that would affect their life and their children’s lives.”

A spokeswoman for Fylde Coast Women’s Aid said: “There is a significant difference between stalking and harassment, and this is often not understood.

“Stalking is about fixation and obsession. These types of cases tend to be long term, complex and complicated.

“Stalking needs to be taken seriously as the behaviour can be an indictor to other serious offences such as rape and murder.

“While Dee has been extremely brave and determined throughout this process, many suffer not knowing that specialist support is available.”