American singer Leandra Ramm's life was turned upside down after Colin Mak Yew Loong, a 38-year-old Singaporean harassed her for the next six years after he saw her featured on CNN.
They had never met but he contacted her, promising to further her music career. Initially, she was grateful but when she stopped responding to him, he started sending her threatening e-mail messages and telephone calls. It continued right up to 2011 when US authorities sought the help of the Singapore Police, as reported by The Straits Times.
On Wednesday, he pleaded guilty and was convicted for criminal intimidation, harassment, criminal trespass and theft. He admitted to sending 31 threatening e-mail messages to Ms Ramm, 29.
According to a report by The New Paper, in some of the emails Mak sent to the singer, he wrote: "I'll cut your face" and "I am out to smash your f***ing head".
A district court also heard that Mak went on to harass two other foreign musicians. They were Hungarian musician Ms Krasznai Tuende Ilona, 30 and Ukrainian musician Ms Veronika Sakhno, 28.
Mak had also sent threatening e-mail messages to businesswoman Liew Hwei Ken, 46. He claimed she had gone behind his back to engage another photographer, instead of hiring Mak to photograph a model.
Then, in April, he trespassed into the pantry of the St James Church Kindergarten and stole some biscuits. He will be sentenced on Dec 13.