A doctor who stalked his ex and posted revenge porn online is back behind bars – for targeting another woman.
Disgraced medic Matthew Foster-Smith was struck off the medical register for stalking his former girlfriend and sharing intimate pictures of her online.
He ignored a court order banning him from contact and even followed his ex to her gym. He also called a support group she attended after finding out she was there. This led to him being jailed for 18 months in 2020.
But after his release, Foster-Smith began stalking another woman, in her 40s, by hanging around outside her workplace and engineering ‘chance’ meetings with her in public.
Foster-Smith, now 46, of Poole, Dorset, also trawled the internet for information about her between May and October 2023.
He was charged with stalking last September but went on the run for a month after skipping bail, before being tracked down in London.
At Bournemouth Crown Court, he was found guilty of stalking and breaching a restraining order against another victim and jailed for two years and two months.
The police said Foster-Smith’s behaviour had left his stalking victim ‘living in fear’ and he had ‘destroyed her life’.
During his earlier campaign in 2019 and 2020, Foster-Smith repeatedly appeared at his ex’s gym, posted revenge porn on Instagram and even phoned a support group asking to be put through to her.
He had also messaged a friend threatening to get an axe and ‘f**k the women up’, adding: ‘If I’m going to get banged up, let’s make it worth it.’
He was arrested when his friend reported the messages to police and later admitted breaching a non-molestation order.
When he was first jailed, Foster-Smith was told by a judge had made his victim’s life a misery by what he had done.
The victim said in a statement: ‘I am suspicious of new people. I have nightmares regularly and have trouble sleeping.
‘I have had to endure the humiliation of telling family members and friends at work.’
Following the latest arrest, Detective Constable Thomas Norman, of Bournemouth CID, said: ‘The defendant’s behaviour has had an extremely significant impact on the victim’s life.
‘She continues to live in fear and has described these events as destroying her life.
‘It is very important to us that victims of stalking get the help and support they need – we don’t want anyone to feel scared, distressed or threatened.
‘We take stalking seriously and are committed to ensuring offenders such as Foster-Smith are held accountable for their behaviour.’
