I’ve been tagged by musicologist Beth of Atlanta for this 7-things-you-didn’t-know meme. I’m usually hesitant about revealing too much personal information. These 7 facts will explain why:

1. I had a stalker for 3 years.

2. He had a mental illness and became delusional about moi.

3. Two years ago, he came to my neighbourhood looking for me. He told a neighbour that I had murdered one of the little typists and that my Significant Other typist had gone missing.

4. Moments later he came into my house through the back door which had been left opened with the keys left in. (I’d dropped in for a minute to pick up my laptop typewriter.) When I saw his face, I thought I was Sharon Tate. He held up the keys and said I shouldn’t leave them in the door as people in my neighbourhood had been murdered.

5. He was arrested, charged on four criminal counts and placed in a psychiatric institution where he underwent a 30-day assessment. He was put back on his meds and found fit to stand trial.

6. We went to court. The trial was put over for four months. We went to court again. He spewed conspiracy theories about me and others. One involved the Chief of Police being an imposer.

7. He was found not guilty on all four counts. I was gutted. Ergo, was I the guilty party? It was explained to me that he was found not guilty because there was not enough evidence to prove he intended to commit a crime upon entering my house that day. Entering someone’s house without being asked does not constitute evidence he was about to do something illegal. Walking by someone’s house after shaking your fist and calling them Satan over a period of three years does not constitute proof of ill-intent. Nor does telling someone’s children their mother is an effin’ wh*** constitute proof that a crime was committed or intended when he walked into my house.

8. Upon reflection, I was glad he did not go to prison. He is in need of psychiatric help and anti-psychotic drugs, not a prison sentence. They placed a one-year peace bond on him. He cannot come anywhere near me. This will expire in May. I have not seen him since the trial.

So there. You got eight facts instead of 7.

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