A 48-year-old Stevenage man who subjected a young woman to a relentless three-year stalking campaign and bombarded two 12-year-old girls with late-night sexual messages has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment at St Albans Crown Court.
Paul Parker, aged 48 and residing at Baron Court, Stevenage, appeared in the dock for sentence at St Albans Crown Court on Friday 24 April 2026 having previously pleaded guilty to stalking causing serious alarm or distress, breaching a Stalking Protection Order, and two counts of sexual communication with a child.
The court heard that for approximately three years, Parker bombarded a female acquaintance—who was more than 20 years his junior—with thousands of telephone calls and text messages while pretending to be someone else, ignoring her repeated requests to leave her alone. His menacing messages described the woman’s clothing and whereabouts, implying that he was following and watching her even when she was inside her own home. On one occasion, the survivor caught Parker loitering outside her residence at 1am.
While under investigation for stalking, Parker was made subject to a court-imposed Stalking Protection Order prohibiting him from owning, possessing, or controlling more than one mobile communication device and requiring him to notify police within three days of any changes to his telephone number, serial number, IMEI number, or device make and model. However, when police officers searched Parker’s address in March 2026, they uncovered a mobile telephone hidden inside his loft which he had used to send messages to multiple individuals, placing him in direct breach of the order between 3 December 2025 and 12 December 2025.
Separate criminal charges involving different victims saw Parker prosecuted for two counts of sexual communication with a child committed between June 2023 and May 2024. The court heard that Parker had left his telephone number inside a public toilet in Stevenage, where it was discovered by two young girls who called it. Although the children—who were both aged 12—told Parker they were 15, he failed to cease contact and instead bombarded both girls with telephone calls and sexual text messages, most frequently in the middle of the night.
Under the provisions of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992, both child victims in this case—as well as the stalking survivor—are protected by mandatory, lifelong statutory anonymity from the moment an allegation is made. Any publication, broadcast, or public dissemination of information capable of leading to their identification is strictly prohibited under UK law.
Sentencing Parker at St Albans Crown Court on Friday 24 April 2026, the presiding judge imposed a total custodial sentence of four years’ immediate imprisonment—comprising 32 months for stalking causing serious alarm or distress, seven months for breaching the Stalking Protection Order, and nine months concurrently on each of the two counts of sexual communication with a child—alongside mandatory Sex Offenders Register notification requirements.
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