A STALKER targeted a teenage Oldbury singer for four years after becoming obsessed when he spotted her on YouTube, has been jailed for three years.

Wolverhampton Crown Court was told Karl Timms, aged 35, made the life of Georgia McAllister an "absolute hell."

The 18-year-old described the attentions of Timms in a victim impact statement as "constant harassment" and said a previous prison sentence had done nothing to stop him.

She said: "I have not had a normal childhood because of my fear of Karl always looking over my shoulder worrying about just what he will do next."

Andrew Wilkins, prosecuting, said Timms and Georgia had initially exchanged messages on Facebook but he then began bombarding her with unwanted messages which began to turn ugly.

He said she then blocked him from her account adding: "It started in 2012 when she was a very promising 14-year-old musician with over one million followers on social media and sharing sites."

Timms, described as a lonely man, had sent the teenager chocolates and gifts but after his messages were blocked he got into the back garden of the house using a set of bolt cutters, said Mr Wilkins.

Timms then pleaded guilty to harassment, he was given a suspended prison sentence but he continued to swamp the teenager who has appeared at the 02 in Birmingham and her family with phone calls making 400 in just one day.

The family changed all their numbers but Timms who was living at the time in Farmers Court, Droitwich, rang the new ones after –hacking the mother's phone account and he was then jailed for 22 months for breaching a restraining order.

The teenager then changed her name for professional and personal reasons, the court heard, in a bid to rebuild her life.

But in September last year she discovered a person posting a message on her social media site had an alias that had been used by Timms who had been released from custody the previous Christmas Eve.

He rubbished one of her songs and warned: "I will find you and it will not be pleasant. That is a promise - not a threat."

Timms, now of no fixed address, admitted further breaches of his restraining order. As he was jailed for three years Timms was told by Judge James Steel QC: "This was stalking."