A man bombarded a date with up to 150 texts a day and even threatened to shoot her... after just one night out.

Peter Wolfe, from Herne Bay, even threatened to shoot his victim and her family after she spurned his advances.

Now the 31-year-old has been jailed after sending hundreds of unwanted texts to the woman, Canterbury Crown Court was told.

Some of the texts threatened violence. He said he would shoot her and her family and he blamed her for losing his job. Others said ring me or else or you had better not meet anyone else.

Wolfe, of Charles Street, admitted putting his victim in fear of violence by harassment and was jailed for 14 months.

Because of the time spent on remand in custody he will be released after he has served another three months in jail.

Dominic Connolly, prosecuting, said in May, 2014 the victim and Wolfe made contact through a dating website and went on one date together.

The victim made no arrangements to see him again.

She received messages from Wolfe which became angrier when she did not return his calls or texts.

“In July 2014 Wolfe told his victim that if she met him one more time he would leave her alone so she agreed to go for a drink with him,” Mr Connolly said.

“She told him the constant messages and calls were too much and he should leave her alone. But the calls and texts carried on, building up again.”

After Wolfe told his victim he would hurt her family she reported him to the police and he was arrested. He said he couldn’t remember what he said because he was drunk.

Mr Connolly said Wolfe had previous convictions for similar offences, including harassment when he constantly phoned and texted his victim and turned up at her house, assaulting his ex-partner and also making unwanted phone calls and texts including threatening ones.

In October 2013 he breached a restraining order and sent threats to another victim saying he was part of the Mafia and had been paid £2,000 to shoot her.

Piers Mostyn, defending, said Wolfe had a personality disorder which caused him to behave in an unacceptable way. Alcohol exacerbates it, Mr Mostyn said.

“He is not in denial about this,” he added. “He accepts he has a problem and has to do something about it.

“Your contact made your victim feel she was in a living hell" - Judge Heather Norton

"He has sought help in the past and does not want to engage in a relationship with a woman until he has sorted himself out.”

Judge Heather Norton told Wolfe: “Your contact made your victim feel she was in a living hell.

"You have been offered help in the past and that has not stopped you offending.

"ouhave a real problem with alcohol and you need to stop drinking permanently and until you do that it is going to be difficult for you to do anything.”

Wolfe will be on licence when he is released.