Woman believes Leeds thug with history of violence 'will kill me'
Woman says former partner will just not follow court orders.
A terrified woman has told a court she “genuinely believes man will kill her”, after he refused to follow a court order to keep away.
Kamar Karim, who has a history of violence, rang the woman up to 20 times a day, despite being subject to a non-molestation order.
Even when held in custody, the 46-year-old wrote her a letter addressed to another person to avoid detection.
He was jailed at Leeds Crown Court after admitted stalking and two breaches the non-molestation order.
In a heartfelt victim impact statement, read to the court by prosecutor Hollie Alcock.
The woman said she was forced to move home and added: “I should not have to move house or my whole life because of him.
“But this is what it has come to. I’m so terrified. He does not listen. A court order is not enough to protect me.
“I genuinely believe one day, he will kill me.”
The court heard that the six-month non-molestation was granted by a family court in November last year to prevent him from harassing the woman.
But Karim would ring the woman between five and 20 times a day. He also left a number of requests over social media.
He was arrested at the start of December and held in custody, where he penned her the letter.
Karim, of Meadow View, Hyde Park, has 16 previous convictions for 22 offences. Six of those are for violence, including three for GBH.
He was jailed in 2019 for GBH and given an extended sentence.
Mitigating for his latest offending, John Batchelor said he had been locked up for five months and could be given a suspended sentence.
But Judge Geoffrey Marson KC said that given Karim’s record, it needed to be custody.
He jailed him for 18 months and handed him a lifelong restraining order, meaning if he contacts the woman again, he could be swiftly returned to prison.