Exclusive:"Disgraceful" Sheffield man kerb-crawled ex begging “please, please” as she walked along pavement with baby
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The couple’s relationship had been “relatively brief”, having met on social media and separating when Sutherland’s ex became pregnant
A Sheffield man kerb-crawled his ex-girlfriend, begging “please, please”, as she walked along a pavement clutching their six-month old baby during a “persistent” stalking campaign, a court heard.
Nathan Sutherland, 33, began pestering the woman in July last year when he discovered she had a new partner.
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Richard Davies, prosecuting, said the couple’s relationship had been “relatively brief”, having met on social media in March 2024 and separating when Sutherland’s ex became pregnant four months later.
In the summer of 2025 the complainant began noticing Sutherland outside her home in his van however on July 13 he escalated matters by “banging” on her windows and “throwing cans” at the house.
Mr Davies said: “The complainant went outside to talk to him, he said he missed her and she told him to go home and sober up. He got back into his van, put on some music and said he would kill himself.”
During another incident the same month Sutherland let himself into the house and climbed into bed with his ex and their baby daughter.
Sutherland was ejected from the property but she continued seeing him drive past “numerous” times. On July 18 he followed her slowly in his van as she walked along a pavement with the baby, saying “please, please”.
“He jumped out of the car and grabbed her by the arm and shouted ‘I’ll f****** kill you’, ‘if I can’t have you no-one else will, ‘I’ll kill myself if I can’t have you’,” said Mr Davies.
Later that day relentless Sutherland turned up at the house with four other males, shouting “you best leave that door unlocked, I’m coming in for my family”.
The defendant also mouthed foul racial slurs at a friend of the complainant who was present, the court heard. After seeing Sutherland sat outside her address again on September 27 she moved out to live with a friend.
Sutherland had one previous conviction for knife possession. Recorder Caroline Goodwin KC told Sutherland his offences were “disgraceful” and “persistent”.
However she adjourned his sentence pending a pre-sentence report.
Sutherland, of Castledale Place, admitted assault by beating, stalking, racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment and threats to kill. He was remanded back into custody.