A stalker who pursued his victim across Europe to present her with a peanut has mounted a legal bid to have his restraining order revoked.
Jeronimo Bouceiro was at the centre of one of Perth Sheriff Court’s longest, most expensive and arguably strangest trials. It lasted for more than a year and cost taxpayers around £50,000.
The 41-year-old was eventually found guilty of engaging in an 11-month course of conduct that caused a woman police officer fear and alarm.
The court heard that he repeatedly texted, emailed, called and wrote to Gillian Farnington, stating that he loved her. He even followed his victim, his ex-landlady, on holiday to Turkey to present her with a single peanut.
Bouceiro, whose address was listed on court papers as Main Street, Crook of Devon, also carried out surveillance to find out where his victim was staying.
The Portuguese national, who had represented himself during the trial, burst into a bizarre rendition of Frank Sinatra’s My Way at the end of his court submissions.
He avoided being deported after Sheriff Michael Fletcher ruled that, although he had terrified his victim, he had not caused her any physical harm.
Engineer Bouceiro was slapped with a 10-year non-harassment order, banning him from going near Ms Farnington or members of her family.
Now he is trying to overturn his sentence and conviction.
He will take his case to the Court of Criminal Appeals in Edinburgh next Tuesday.