A JEALOUS stalker bombarded his ex with dozens of abusive messages.

Arron Reynolds had broken up with the woman, who The Argus has chosen not to name.

He boasted to the woman’s ex-partner that he had been to prison twice for stabbing people.

The 29-year-old then accused her of being unfaithful and called her a “dirty cheater”.

“I will get you, you fat slag, I will slit your throat,” one of his messages said.

Despite his claims, it was revealed that Reynolds has only ever received a police caution for battery.

At Brighton Magistrates’ Court he admitted stalking the woman in Brighton between November and December last year.

Mark Kately, prosecuting, said Reynolds had been in a relationship for a year, but things had got worse in the final three months.

He said: “She decided enough was enough at the end of November, there had been difficulties with the jealousy Reynolds had because she has a child with a former partner.

“When the ex-partner was at her address, Reynolds threatened him and said ‘I have done prison twice for stabbing people’.

“He lunged at the woman when she was on the phone, snatching it from her and throwing it at her. Then Reynolds told her to ‘watch your back’.

“He threatened her about her child and said ‘I will do everything possible to take him away.”

Mr Kately said Reynolds, of Ryelands Drive, Brighton, had sent 600 messages during the two-week period.

One message read: “At least I’m not a dirty cheater like you are.” Another said: “I will slit your throat, whether or not your child is with you.”

Reynolds threatened to post intimate films of her on the internet. At other times he sent messages begging her to take him back and declaring that he “truly” loved her.

Mr Kately said Reynolds had turned up at the woman’s address and knew when she was visiting her grandmother.

Ed Fish, defending, said Reynolds was grieving the loss of his own grandmother the day before the woman officially ended her relationship with him.

He said his client had sent many messages, but many were innocuous, and were about retrieving his clothes and property.

Mr Fish said: “He accepts that the messages come across as abusive. It was during a period of time where he was upset about the end of the relationship and the loss of his grandmother.”

He said Reynolds has so far not been in contact with the woman since December.

Mr Kately asked the court to consider a restraining order.

Magistrate Matthew Porterfield agreed to adjourn sentencing until July 11 for a probation report. Reynolds was granted bail on the condition he did not contact the woman.