Photo ODTThe public servant who spent two and a-half years stalking a Dunedin businessman can now be named. Today, before the Dunedin District Court, the judge sentenced Buis to 200 hours' community work and ordered to pay Mr Pryde $15,000. Though that was the last time Mr Pryde saw him, Buis spent the next 30 months targeting the man. It began with anonymous text messages but progressed to the defendant writing Mr Pryde's contact details at a gay hang-out. He told Mr Pryde to “get your affairs in order” and advised him to “buy something bullet-proof”.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 20, 2017 22:19 UTC