A mother-of-four stalked by her Army colonel ex-boyfriend has hit out at his ‘slap on the wrists’ punishment after he avoided jail.
Sarah Crossley-Weir claims the reason Terry Southwood was let off lightly by a judge was because of his distinguished military career and glowing references.
The 57-year-old retired Royal Army Medical Corps officer spent six months harassing and stalking Ms Crossley-Weir after she ended their five-year relationship.
The couple had got together in 2017 before he moved in with her and her children at their home near Milton Abbas, Dorset, in July 2021.
But about a year later she told Southwood to move out, which he did ‘reluctantly’. Soon after he hid a tracking device in the passenger seat of her car, and turned up at her home several times. He also bombarded her with messages and flowers.
