A stalker has been jailed after climbing into his victim's garden to take photos of her - before posting an intimate video of the woman to TikTok.

Gavrila-Gheorghe Moca, 40 - a bricklayer from Slough - harassed his victim to the point she felt unsafe leaving her home.

He pleaded guilty to charges of stalking, assault by beating, and criminal damage - as well as two counts of disclosing private sexual films.

Sentencing Moca at Reading Crown Court on March 15, Judge Hassan Khan said the defendant's conduct had had a "profound" impact on the woman.

The stalking began in August last year, after Moca assaulted his victim outside a pizza restaurant.

Just days later, he clambered into her garden and began taking photographs of her through the window.

On August 15, Moca showed up at her house again with flowers - ostensibly to apologise for his conduct. However, this culminated in another attack, in which the defendant smashed the woman's phone on the ground and left in a rage.

Over the coming months, Moca's offending would further escalate. He posted a topless video of the woman to TikTok and Facebook, and shared it with her friends.

Among those who saw the footage was a young daughter of the victim's friend.

Judge Khan said this appeared to be part of a calculated move to "hurt and embarrass" the woman.

He told the defendant: "I'm also mindful that the disclosure of the images is a type of revenge porn, or certainly akin to it."

Prosecuting barrister Isabelle Delamere said that, due to the stress caused by the stalking, the victim sought medical help.

She told doctors: "I'm too scared to go out in case I see him [Moca] on the street. He's ruining my life."

Defence barrister Matthew Hodgetts described Moca's behaviour as 'teenager-ish'.

He said: "That repeated sending of these messages, in bulk and constantly - and I say this as a non-expert - is teenager-ish, in terms of maturity."

But he emphasised that, despite a lack of maturity, his client had expressed that he would stay away from his victim in the future.

Judge Khan said only an immediate prison sentence could be justified in Moca's case. He told the defendant: "I'm not going to suspend your sentence.

"The facts are serious, you demonstrate a lack of insight, and that makes rehabilitation unlikely."

Moca was jailed for a total of two years.