A MAN has been ordered not to contact his wife after he bombarded her with thousands of abusive texts.

Jonathan Elphick spammed the woman with 1000 messages that got more abusive and aggressive.

Elphick, of Navarino Road, East Worthing, was handed a Stalking Protection Order at Brighton Magistrates Court on December 20, 2021.

The order bans him from contacting his partner by any means and from entering an exclusion zone in the town.

He must also inform the police of any new sexual partner while the order is in place.

Failure to comply with any term of the could see the 58-year-old jailed.