Vile stalker made victim a prisoner in her own home

A ‘vile’ and ‘repulsive’ stalker who left his victim afraid to leave her home has been jailed for over a year and a half. Mark Murray, 47, became obsessed with Jo Phillips and bombarded her with insulting, belittling, and invasive messages between 2 and 20 May 2022. In a coercive attempt to keep Ms Phillips from blocking his messages, Murray blackmailed his victim claiming he would hang himself if she did not contact him. Reading the victim impact statement in…