Adele Rennie, 34, from Kilmarnock, pled guilty at the town’s Sheriff Court yesterday. She admitted contacting a woman she had previously been banned from approaching.

Rennie had been jailed in September last year and made subject of a five-year non-harassment order. This banned her from approaching, contacting or attempting to contact the woman, whom she had targeted during an elaborate ‘catfishing’ scam.

Rennie was released from jail on 13 January this year but remained registered as a sex offender and subject to monitoring and restrictions. She had been free for just 10 days when she sent a text message to the female victim.

Rennie was found to have flouted the non-harassment order on 23 January when a social worker was made aware of messages sent to the previous victim.

David Bernard, procurator fiscal for North Strathclyde, said: “The law will not tolerate Adele Rennie’s refusal to abide by the strict restrictions placed upon her. Prosecutors at COPFS will respond robustly to keep the community safe from distressing and damaging behaviour like stalking.

“We recognise the trauma suffered by some victims of this insidious crime and court orders will be enforced at the earliest opportunity should a perpetrator such as Rennie attempt to reoffend.

“I would encourage anyone who has been the victim of such offending to come forward, report it and seek support.”

Today’s was the latest conviction for Rennie who was also jailed in 2017 for stalking a number of women while pretending to be a man. She used a voice-altering app to change the tone of her speech and utilised a number of aliases including David Graham, David Crolla, Davie, Marco and Matthew Mancini.