COURTS

Businessman guilty of stalking his wife in Sandbanks

The former Conservative councillor controlled his younger partner’s finances — and appeared unable to accept that their marriage was over
Anthony De Havilland pursued his estranged wife four miles to the police station after phoning her 120 times in a few hours
Anthony De Havilland pursued his estranged wife four miles to the police station after phoning her 120 times in a few hours
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A jealous businessman stalked his estranged wife around the millionaires’ peninsula of Sandbanks and bombarded her with messages and photos, a court has heard.

Anthony De Havilland, 54, enjoyed all the “accoutrements of wealth” including a Ferrari, a Porsche, holidays to Mexico and Vietnam, and a luxury flat he shared with Simone Jackson, 33. But Jackson said his “champagne lifestyle” was built on a “lemonade budget”, adding that he had been declared bankrupt three times and previously jailed for dishonesty offences.

De Havilland, a former Conservative councillor in Bournemouth who once had the personalised number plate of “7ORY”, was said to have controlled his wife’s finances and isolated her from her friends and family. When Jackson eventually decided to leave the marriage he refused to