AN obsessed man left notes on the windscreen of a woman’s car almost every week for two years.

Neil Duffy, of Larch Court, Cambuslang, drove to his victim’s address in the middle of the night to leave messages suggesting that he was watching her.

The 49-year-old first embarked on his campaign of alarming behaviour in November 2013.

Around this time, the female victim was getting her car, which was parked outside of her home in Rutherglen, when she noticed a piece of paper on her windscreen.

Upon further inspection she realised it was a handwritten note reading: “You look better than you did before, keep up the good work.

“Ps. you are looking so attractive these days.”

Scared by what she had just found, the victim contacted police who were unable to take further action at the time.

Despite changing cars, the notes continued to appear, with the next left around May containing just a smiley face and ‘x’.

Throughout the next 24-months the woman continued to find notes in the same place almost on a weekly basis, with messages including “you always look so good” and “Hi (with a love heart) and “you look so wow”.

Her partner also found messages, which used phrases including “stunning”, “gorgeous” and “funny”.

Duffy’s persistent notes caused the woman to feel so concerned for her safety that she installed CCTV outside of her home.

On reviewing the CCTV footage, police officers were able to view a vehicle pulling up beside the car around 4am on several occasions but couldn’t identify the vehicle or registration number.

Further investigation, which included enhancing the footage, revealed the car to be a silver Skoda.

Duffy’s strange behaviour continued persistently until October 2015.

During a discussion with officers, the victim mentioned that she had had a disagreement with a former neighbour, who had recently moved away.

Police officers then identified the accused, found his current address and made attempts to contact him.

While on routine patrol, officers finally observed the accused driving the car described and stopping outside his victim’s home.

When he noticed the police behind him, he left the scene.

Cops were later able to track him down and question him about the notes - prompting him to make a full admission.

He claimed that his behaviour was “meant to be a joke”.

Duffy appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to engaging in conduct which was likely to cause fear or alarm by leaving notes on the car.

His defence agent told the court that Duffy had previously lived across from his victim and believed that she and her husband had watched his “every move through their window”.

The procurator fiscal depute told the court that the accused explained to officers that he was “just trying to get them back for watching us for years”.

The sentencing Sheriff told Duffy that his behaviour had caused “significant concern” to his victim.

He was ordered to repay the complainer £500.

A non-harassment order of two years was also imposed, preventing him from approaching or contacting the victim for two years.