Former England, WBA, Shrewsbury Town and Telford footballer James Hurst has been jailed for stalking, harassment, sending false communications and breaking a restraining order.
James Hurst, 32, defended himself at Birmingham Crown Court today ahead of being sentenced for two years and slapped with a five year restraining order.footballer giving the judge"18 reasons why I should not get a custodial sentence", including an offer of a new contract at a new unnamed club and obtaining positive character references from his ex-partners, Hurst failed to convince Judge Roderick Henderson he should be released from jail.
Prosecutor Harminder Jagger described how Hurst had sent 500 unwanted phone calls, text messages and emails to his ex-partner, her mother and her brother-in-law since breaking up in November last year. Demanding access to his child Hurst harassed his ex-partner and sent nasty messages to her family and wrote an abusive Tripadvisor review about their farm claiming a child had been attacked by an animal.
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