A London Zoo employee who stalked his female colleague and bombarded her with messages, flowers and chocolates before proposing to her faces deportation.

Asish Jose Paul, 26, was warned to stay away from Lutaruta Masiulonyte after he spent six months between July 7 and December 30 last year pestering his former co-worker, showering her with gifts when she blocked his number.

The accountancy student, originally from Kerala, India, was given police bail on his arrest and warned not to go back to the zoo.

But he returned the very next day to speak with Ms Masiulonyte.

Jose Paul was then re-arrested, charged with stalking and given bail magistrates with conditions not to enter the Borough of Westminster or contact the complainant.