A mother told a court how her former partner who had a "Jekyll and Hyde" personality terrorised her and her daughter, despite a judge banning him from contacting her.
David Hogan, 61, a builder, appeared at Truro Crown Court yesterday accused of one count of breaching a non-molestation injunction against Jennifer Fry, 57, after bombarding her with dozens of intimidating telephone calls.
Hogan, of Gear Farm, Carnhell Green, Camborne, pleads not guilty to making 33 calls between January 1 and February 2 this year.
He was convicted by magistrates of assaulting both women and on August 26 last year a judge at Truro County Court imposed the injunction.
Hogan admits making one call to Miss Fry, claims the others were made with her consent and that she made calls to him. The couple had been together for 17 years before the relationship ended in June last year.
Before she went into the witness box, Miss Fry, who had lived at Ivybridge, Devon, before moving to Cornwall nine years ago, asked for a screen to be placed around her so Hogan could not see her.
Many of the calls were silent, the court heard, while in others he made threats to take the house away from her.
Prosecutor Andrew Macfarlane told the jury: "This was a campaign of terror against both ladies."
When he asked Miss Fry how the calls had made her feel she replied: "Frightened – really frightened. It makes you feel sick because you know it's him at the other end. You can't escape from him. It makes you so on edge all the time. I felt intimidated."
She said gave up her job in a charity shop as a result of the situation and now takes medication for anxiety.
Miss Fry said the relationship had been good for many years but Hogan changed when the family moved to Cornwall and he became controlling and violent.
She described how he attacked Victoria one night over where she had parked her car outside the house and when she intervened he pushed her away and she struck her head on a shelf.
Miss Fry said her daughter fled upstairs where she used her mobile phone to ring the police. She said: "He then stopped and completely changed and went in the other room.
"Just like that – a complete Jekyll and Hyde."
Miss Fry said Logan kept a loaded shotgun and air rifle in the house and on one occasion had intimidated her with it.
She said: "He picked up the gun and moved it towards me and just looked at me. The inference was a threat."
Miss Fry said during one incident Hogan had broken her daughter's wrist.
Mr Howells said Victoria had broken her wrist when the family dog had jumped up on her – a suggestion Miss Fry rejected. The trial continues.
David Hogan, 61, a builder, appeared at Truro Crown Court yesterday accused of one count of breaching a non-molestation injunction against Jennifer Fry, 57, after bombarding her with dozens of intimidating telephone calls.
Hogan, of Gear Farm, Carnhell Green, Camborne, pleads not guilty to making 33 calls between January 1 and February 2 this year.
He was convicted by magistrates of assaulting both women and on August 26 last year a judge at Truro County Court imposed the injunction.
Hogan admits making one call to Miss Fry, claims the others were made with her consent and that she made calls to him. The couple had been together for 17 years before the relationship ended in June last year.
Before she went into the witness box, Miss Fry, who had lived at Ivybridge, Devon, before moving to Cornwall nine years ago, asked for a screen to be placed around her so Hogan could not see her.
Many of the calls were silent, the court heard, while in others he made threats to take the house away from her.
Prosecutor Andrew Macfarlane told the jury: "This was a campaign of terror against both ladies."
When he asked Miss Fry how the calls had made her feel she replied: "Frightened – really frightened. It makes you feel sick because you know it's him at the other end. You can't escape from him. It makes you so on edge all the time. I felt intimidated."
She said gave up her job in a charity shop as a result of the situation and now takes medication for anxiety.
Miss Fry said the relationship had been good for many years but Hogan changed when the family moved to Cornwall and he became controlling and violent.
She described how he attacked Victoria one night over where she had parked her car outside the house and when she intervened he pushed her away and she struck her head on a shelf.
Miss Fry said her daughter fled upstairs where she used her mobile phone to ring the police. She said: "He then stopped and completely changed and went in the other room.
"Just like that – a complete Jekyll and Hyde."
Miss Fry said Logan kept a loaded shotgun and air rifle in the house and on one occasion had intimidated her with it.
She said: "He picked up the gun and moved it towards me and just looked at me. The inference was a threat."
Miss Fry said during one incident Hogan had broken her daughter's wrist.
Mr Howells said Victoria had broken her wrist when the family dog had jumped up on her – a suggestion Miss Fry rejected. The trial continues.
