Pub landlord, 53, who bombarded ex-girlfriend with messages and accused her of domestic abuse in harassment campaign after they broke up is jailed for 16 weeks

• Gareth Slattery was jailed for 16 weeks for harassing his ex-girlfriend
• The judge dismissed the 53-year-old’s claims that he had been abused
• He showed up outside her workplace and shouted she had chlamydia and herpes

An award-winning pub landlord has been jailed for harassment after a judge dismissed his claims made against his ex-girlfriend.

Welsh host Gareth Slattery, 53, bombarded her with unwanted messages and turned up at her workplace, her home and her solicitors, Cardiff Magistrates Court heard.

Slattery, who lives in Barry, Wales, launched a campaign of ‘calculated and deliberate’ harassment against his former partner after their eight-month romance ended in 2021, the court was told. 

The victim was tagged in a video posted by Slattery on the social media site TikTok accusing her of being a narcissist and abuser.

He said: ‘I’m a 53-year-old victim of domestic violence. As a male victim I am not heard… this is what you have done to me.’

The court heard the harassment took place between August and September last year. 

Slattery was convicted of harassing without violence after a trial. 

District Judge Stephen Harmes said Slattery, who has previous convictions of harassment and breaching a restraining order, tried to claim he was a victim of abuse but in reality he abused his victim in a ‘vile manner’. 

Welsh landlord Gareth Slattery, 53, has been jailed for 16 weeks for stalking and harassing his ex-girlfriend 

Slattery owns the award-winning Butterfly Collector pub in Barry, south Wales

Slattery, who owns the Butterfly Collector pub in Barry – which won SME National Business Awards Pub of the Year in 2019, started his campaign of harassment in August last year after their relationship ended.

The Butterfly Collector pub won SME National Business Awards Pub of the Year in 2019

Prosecutor Georgia Donohue said the now removed video which tagged the victim was posted online on August 23, 2021, before he showed up at her workplace a day later.

Ms Donohue said Slattery stood outside her office and called her on the phone, saying: ‘I’m not going to come anywhere near you. I don’t want any more herpes and chlamydia.’

The court heard the victim visited her solicitor the following day to seek advice when she heard Slattery shouting: ‘You piece of s***. You piece of s***.’

Ms Donohue said: ‘She saw the defendant standing there. She knew the comments were aimed at her as there was no one else in the area.’

The court heard the victim also heard her ex shouting about herpes while she was in her bedroom on August 26.

The next day she spotted him on her way to Tesco when she asked: ‘Please don’t talk to me, I’m not allowed to talk to you.’

But he shouted that the victim ‘has herpes’ which the call handler heard while she was on the phone to 999.

Aled Owen, representing him, told the court it was now more than a year since his client’s offending.

 His lawyer said: ‘He has moved on and is in another relationship with a professional lady.’

Mr Owen added he employed four people at his pub who could lose their jobs if he were sent into custody.

Judge Harmes said: ‘I find he did set out to make her life a misery. It was quite calculated and deliberate.’

‘This was as bad as it gets in terms of harassment. You are a proven harasser and this was an awful case.’

Slattery, of Barry, was jailed for 16 weeks, ordered to pay the victim £500 compensation and handed a five year restraining order.

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