A 54-YEAR-OLD woman who admitted a stalking offence has been ordered to be of good behaviour for the next six months.

Fay Cooper, from Lancashire, pleaded guilty to engaging in a course of conduct which was likely to cause fear and alarm at a property, near Kelso, on March 13 and attending at a man’s address when told not to.

Prosecutor India McLean told Jedburgh Sheriff Court that the couple had been in a relationship for six weeks.

But on March 13 the man ended the relationship and told Cooper she was no longer welcome at the property.

The depute fiscal said he took her to Tweedbank Railway Station where she took a “significant amount of time” to leave the vehicle.

The man returned home and later on Cooper turned up and was banging on the door trying to seek entry.

Ms McLean said: “He was alarmed at the amount of miles she had travelled to get there without a car.”

He contacted police and Cooper was removed from the area and dropped in Kelso town centre.

Ms McLean added: “Sometime later she returned to the locus and was banging on the door. Police were contacted again but she refused to engage with them and said she wouldn’t be leaving until she spoke to [the man].”

Defence lawyer Liam Alexander said the incident marked the end of the three-month relationship after they had met online.

He explained: “There is a running theme of heavy drinking here. She had been struggling with alcohol while staying at the complainer’s house.”

Sheriff Peter Paterson deferred sentence until October 7 for good behaviour and said that if she was she would be admonished.