Ameer Tahir, 42, of Kings Road in Brighton, had initially been charged with 13 counts of stalking, but phone enquiries and the discovery of a further mobile phone in his flat uncovered dozens more victims from all over the country.

Tahir would call his victims at all times of the day and night on a withheld number, making obscene threats including rape and other violent sexual acts.

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