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		</div><p>A UK police officer who created an elaborate fiction to make a woman think she was being monitored and was at risk of harm has been jailed for more than two and a half years.</p>
<p>Scott Gorrie’s actions, which preyed on the woman’s fears about her estranged husband, caused his victim significant fear and alarm and led her to be signed off work with stress.</p>
<p>The 43-year-old previously admitted a charge of stalking, two charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice and one of breaching the terms of his bail, prosecutors said.</p>
<p>He was jailed for two years and eight months and handed a three-year non-harassment order at Perth Sheriff Court on Thursday, the Crown Office confirmed after the hearing.</p>
<p>According to prosecutors, Gorrie was called to the woman’s home over a domestic complaint in May last year.</p>
<p>Soon after, he made contact with her online and she told him of her fears that her estranged husband was monitoring her movements in some way.</p>
<p>From mid-June, Gorrie – who made out that he was a single father of two – began creating a fiction based on the fears she held.</p>
<p>According to the Crown Office, Gorrie started to send messages which led her to believe that they were both being followed.</p>
<p>The content and tone of the messages reinforced her belief that her ex-husband was monitoring her and “had it in” for her.</p>
<p>Gorrie also made the woman believe that he was in personal danger and his messages became increasingly alarming and frightening.</p>
<p>His fiction began to unravel when the victim contacted police about her ex-husband’s conduct, prosecutors said, and he took steps to try to cover up what he had done.</p>
<p>Les Brown, head of the criminal allegations against the police division, said: <em>“Stalking can have a devastating and lasting impact on the lives of victims.</em></p>
<p><em>“Scott Gorrie knowingly placed a vulnerable woman in a state of fear and alarm through his criminal behaviour.</em></p>
<p><em>“This was a full and thorough investigation by prosecutors and Police Scotland’s anti-corruption unit (ACU), and I am grateful to all involved for their assistance in securing today’s outcome.”</em></p>
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