A MILKMAN wooed his women customers with romantic notes - then bombarded them with terrifying phone calls and texts when they dumped him, a court heard.

Working as a milkman in Staunton, Richard Harber, 24, of Jubilee Place, Staunton, even super-glued the door lock of one woman's car and pelted it with eggs.

At Cheltenham Magistrates Court Harber was spared jail by a district judge who who told him: "You are not sinister - you just need your life sorting out."

Prosecutor Sharon Green said last October Harber had put a hand-written note through the door of one of his young woman customers, Kim Goddard, which read: 'You have a secret admirer', and included his mobile phone number. Ms Goddard made contact and they started to date.

"But the defendant told her he worked as a delivery driver and lived in Strensham, when in fact he only lived in the street behind her."

She was upset so finished the relationship. He then began to bombard her with threatening phone calls and texts, one of which read: 'You need to be taught a lesson.'

"He also made silent calls."

The court heard how on November 30 Ms Goddard had found the driver's door of her car superglued. Later that night the car was pelted with raw eggs.

Harber's second victim, Elizabeth Boisey, also fell for a 'charming note' posted through her letterbox, and the pair began to date.

"He wanted the relationship to become sexual, but sex before marriage is against her personal beliefs," Ms Green said.

"After the defendant stressed the issue, she broke up with him." Harber then sent numerous threatening messages and after she was sent a begging letter, Ms Boisey called the police.

Harber pleaded guilty to two offences of harassment between November 13 and December 2, 2005, and asked for two offences of harassing other women to be taken into consideration.

Chris Coleman, defending, urged district judge Roderick Hine to impose a community order, without unpaid work, so Harber could continue his 'flourishing career' as a milkman.

District judge Hine told Harber: "I think you have a number of problems that you need help with, but I can see you are remorseful and that you have reflected on what you did."

He was spared jail but banned from any non-business contact with your four victims. Harber was sentenced to a 12-month community order with a 12-month supervision requirement.

He was also ordered to attend a programme addressing the psychological issues behind a person's offending.