A CONVICTED sex offender is now behind bars after chasing after his ex-partner and smashing up her house and car, leaving her 'terrified'.

Gregory Mosedale admitted two breaches of a restraining order and two counts of criminal damage when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court over videolink from HMP Hewell.

The 28-year-old dad, of Milward Close, Worcester, had already admitted the offences when he appeared before judge Daniel Pearce-Higgins QC on Friday.

Amanda O'Mara, prosecuting, said Mosedale, who has been in custody since March 20, had been in an 'on-off relationship' with his partner.

However, she decided she didn't want him back in her life, ending their relationship in January this year.

This was because he was 'being aggressive', 'she thought he was using drugs', he was 'becoming paranoid' and 'constantly accusing her of being unfaithful to him'.

Miss O'Mara described how Mosedale's partner was driving along Liverpool Road in Ronkswood, Worcester, in her Vauxhall Corsa with a child in the car when another vehicle approached her head on.

Miss O'Mara said: "She felt terrified and phoned police on the way home."

Although the defendant got out of the car it was being driven by someone else and proceeded to follow her through a red light.

Later the defendant caused criminal damage to the windows of her home and car. A neighbour heard Mosedale shouting and swearing and a lock knife was left on the doorstep of the house.

In a victim statement, his ex-partner said: "I do not feel safe."

The victim's mother had previously blocked the defendant on her phone but unblocked him to 'see what his mindset was' and received a number of messages from the defendant. One said 'her house needs smashing up' and 'run when you see the balaclava'.

Miss O'Mara referred to Mosedale's previous convictions which she said included a sexual assault in 2011, and repeated breaches of the restraining order which she described as 'a history of disobedience'.

"There's a threat of violence and physical action afterwards. It's persistent and determined," said Miss O'Mara.

Jason Aris, defending, said his client challenged the view that a child was in his partner's car at the time of the incident.

"While he's acted in anger by sending abusive messages and behaving in a reprehensible way, a lot of it is said in temper rather than being any meaningful threat in this case," said Mr Aris.

He also said that Mosedale's ex-partner was compliant in some of the restraining order breaches and that her son was conceived with Mosedale during the order.

Mr Aris asked the judge to follow the recommendation by the probation service to impose a community order.

Judge Daniel Pearce-Higgins QC said Mosedale had already been sentenced to 18 months in prison in March 2017 for breaches of the same restraining order.

He said that the significant matter was not the breach itself but how the defendant had behaved.

Judge Pearce-Higgins told Mosedale he had gone 'way beyond' a community order sentence and added: "I have no doubt immediate custody is the only way forward."

The judge jailed him for 18 months. His time on remand would count towards his sentence. Mosedale can expect to serve half his sentence in custody and the other half in the community on licence.