Stalker jailed after bombarding Huntingdon woman with more than 300 emails
He turned up at her home at 4am and tried to climb in through the bathroom window
A stalker who bombarded a woman with more than 300 emails and tried to break into her home has been jailed.
Carl Ashton, of Coach Mews in Somersham, near Huntingdon, was sentenced to two years and eight months behind bars.
The 46-year-old admitted stalking and breaching a non-molestation order at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday 28th August.
Hundreds of emails
Ashton began persistently emailing the victim in July 2025.
His emails quickly became obsessive, and despite multiple requests for him to stop, he sent more than 300 unwanted emails to her between July and August 2025.
In the emails, Ashton often threatened suicide and self-harm unless she responded, and frequently told the victim she would be the reason his children would be without a dad.
He also repeatedly referenced his own funeral, suggesting the victim would be responsible for his death because she refused to be in contact with him.
Attempted break-in
On 6th September 2025, Ashton's behaviour escalated when he turned up uninvited to the victim's home at 4am.
He tried to open her front door, called through the letterbox, dropped his keys through it, and partially climbed into the home through the bathroom window.
The victim called 999 and Ashton was arrested.
Ashton was subjected to a non-molestation order in December 2025, which he breached on 11th May 2026 when he posted about the victim on social media.
'Living in fear'
Detective Constable Sarah Hurrell, who investigated, said: "Ashton's ongoing campaign of harassment left the victim living in fear, and in a constant state of emotional distress.
"Ashton was manipulative in his emails, and used emotionally abusive tactics to prey on the victim's kindness, guilt-tripping her into thinking he would harm himself if she did not respond.
"This type of behaviour is completely unacceptable, and the impact it can have on victims' lives cannot be underestimated.
"Stalking and harassment can, and does, have a devastating impact on victims, whose lives are overtaken by obsessive and unwanted behaviour.
"We encourage anyone experiencing similar behaviour to come forward. We take these crimes extremely seriously and will do everything we can to protect victims and bring offenders to justice."