David Malone stalked Bethany Eagle from Newquay

David Malone snapped the chilling picture of Bethany Eagle, 39, during a long period of control where he interfered with every aspect of her life.

He placed a tracker on her car and had another key made to take her vehicle off the driveway from somewhere she was staying to get away from him.

Despite being separated she says she was also subject to Malone’s creepy antics while out running.

Bethany Eagle's silver BMW. Pic SWNS.

She says she suddenly saw Malone in a car park and sprinted up the cliffs at Watergate Bay near Newquay in Cornwall to get away from him.

But she says days later she says he sent a circled photo of her on the cliff with the caption “that is you btw.”

Bethany Eagle at her home in Cornwall with the cliff top picture she was sent by her stalker. Credit SWNS. 

Malone, 50, from Lusty Glaze Road in Newquay, appeared at Cornwall Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to stalking.

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The court heard how between January and November last year Malone stalked Bethany by following her, placing trackers on her cars, and making various unwanted communications.

The tracker Bethany Eagle found on her silver BMW. Credit SWNS 

Malone was fined £1,600 and ordered to pay court related fees of £245.

A restraining order was also made preventing him from contacting the Bethany in any way whatsoever.

Cleaning company owner Bethany, describing the photo incident, said: “I ran there all the time, so I don’t know how many times he was watching.

“I was coming across the car park, and I saw him. I looked up and saw a person and thought ‘oh my god’ - I knew it was him.

“I turned my music up on my earphones and just stared at my phone.

“Then he’s gone onto the beach, stood there and watched me go onto the cliffs and taken a photo.

The clock with a hidden camera Bethany Eagle found in her bedroom. Credit SWNS

“Days later he sent me the photo circling me saying 'that is you btw'.

“The whole thing has left me going mental. I’ve been so paranoid, so jumpy.

“My boyfriend has to announce himself when he walks into the house.

''Every morning, every night, I would be certain I’m being watched.

“I was having night terrors - waking up screaming, having counselling, just basically losing my marbles.

Bethany at her home in Cornwall. Credit SWNS

“I’ve got a lot better now because I know that this creepy thing of being watched isn’t happening anymore.”

On multiple occasions Bethany tried to escape Malone’s grip – but after giving up her own place she’d been in for five years to move in with him – she struggled to ever fully escape.

One time she even went to stay in a holiday let but was soon greeted with some flowers sent by Malone to show her she could never truly escape.

Bethany says she found out about the tracker when she took her car in for some work in November.

She said: “I took my BMW to the garage and the man came out and said ‘you know you’ve got a tracker on your car?

“I just wanted to throw up – I couldn’t comprehend it at all. He then said it wasn’t an official tracking device - they’re just stuck on.

“We googled it and it was from Amazon, it comes with a subscription.

''It lets him know when I’m turning the engine on, and it lets I’m know when I turn it off.

“He had obviously had two because I had that BMW and I used to drive his Audi – he tracked me in both.”

Bethany feels Malone could have faced harder punishment, but hopes her experience can help other people seek help from potential stalkers.

“I didn’t know anybody would listen or give a crap,” she said.

“But men need to know this is actually illegal.

“If he can spy on me, he can spy on anyone. I just people to know enough is enough.''