A headteacher was stalked by her ex-husband who bugged her new car with a voice recorder and tracker months after they filed for divorce.

Louise Quaid said Darren Grada left her ‘very jumpy’ and ‘hyper vigilant’ after he secretly bugged her vehicle and listened to her conversations.

A court heard how Ms Quaid bought a new car in February 2024, four months after the couple filed for divorce.

But on three successive days that month 59-year-old Grada turned up at her location - prompting Ms Quaid, the executive principal of two schools for pupils with complex learning difficulties - to search the vehicle.

This led to the discovery of a voice recording device under the steering wheel, a judge was told.