A 48-year-old student bombarded her college lecturer with emails after she rejected her romantic advances, Dundee Sheriff Court has heard.
Jennifer Patullo “genuinely”, but wrongly, thought her female lecturer was in love with her.
The court heard Patullo, of Rose Hemming Place, Forfar, then tracked down the woman’s home address through social media and turned up on her doorstep begging her not to take up a job offer in another city.
Fiscal depute Laura Bruce told the court the chain of events started in May when Patullo asked her lecturer out for a drink which she declined.
The fiscal said Patullo later emailed the lecturer’s work account, again asking to meet, and the lecturer reported both incidents to her line manager who gave Patullo a warning.
She said: “The accused then sent another email saying ‘I find your reaction to me completely baffling. I shouldn’t have taken the bait and fallen in love with you’.
“In November, Patullo discovered that her lecturer had received a job offer in another city, and went to her home.
“The complainer heard a bang on her door and opened it, thinking it was one of her friends.
“The accused said she was concerned about whether her lecturer had a personality disorder as she was trying to distance herself from her friends, and that she didn’t want her to leave.”
The lecturer asked Patullo to leave as she “felt frightened” and contacted her line manager and police.
Patullo admitted that between May 28 and November 10, at addresses in Dundee including the then Dundee College, she engaged in a course of conduct which caused fear and alarm to a woman by sending emails of a personal nature to her work address, despite being asked to stop doing so.
She admitted attending at her home address without invite, having no reasonable excuse as to know where she lives, and placing her in a state of fear and alarm.
Sentence was deferred until August 20 for reports.