A man has been handed a community order by magistrates after admitting stalking a woman in Aberystwyth for nine months by “constantly contacting her.”

Dale Gunn, of no fixed abode, appeared before Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court for sentencing on 15 October.

The 32-year-old pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to stalking a woman in Aberystwyth over a nine month period between December 2024 and September this year.

The court heard he had “constantly been contacting her, which was unwanted.”

Magistrates handed Gunn a community order to include 150 hours of unpaid work and rehabilitation.

He must also pay £200 in compensation, £85 costs and a victim fund surcharge of £114.

Gunn was also made the subject of a restraining order.