Detectives urged victims to come forward if their stalker was breaching a restraining order.

It came as Oxfordshire police’s stalking coordinator welcomed the 28 month jail time handed to a repeat offender who was so prolific she has featured on national TV.

As reported in the Oxford Mail last week, Charlie Howells was accused of taking ‘no notice’ of court orders as she was sentenced by Judge Ian Pringle KC at the city’s crown court earlier this month.

It was her 12th breach of a restraining order and was committed within days of being released from prison for similar offending.

Howells, 29, sent threatening Facebook messages to the female boss of an Oxfordshire bus driver with whom she became so obsessed she used to lie in wait at stops around the county.

The defendant, who also admitted an offence of breaching an interim stalking protection order, was made subject to a full stalking order by a district judge at the magistrates’ court.

Thames Valley Police’s DS Helen Steward, a stalking coordinator based at Banbury police station, said: “I would like to commend the victim for coming forward.

“We would always advise victims to report if an offender is breaching a restraining order so we can take appropriate action to bring these matters before the courts, as the victim did in this case.”

She added: “We worked tirelessly to ensure Howells was convicted, remanded into custody and a stalking protection order was obtained.

“The stalking protection order will ensure that following her release, Howells will be stringently managed to protect the victims.”

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