Man tried to intimidate witnesses from inside prison

Bradley Morey, 35, of no fixed abode but previously of Leigh Road, Eastleigh, appeared before His Honour Judge Christopher Parker KC at Winchester Crown Court on Friday, July 3 for sentence.

Morey admitted a string of offences including intimidating witnesses, breaching a non-molestation order, and breaching a restraining order, all in the context of domestic abuse.

The court heard that between March and May this year, Morey repeatedly contacted his former partner, and his mother by letters and phone calls from prison, despite court orders banning him from contacting them.

Prosecutors said he sent letters and made calls which were “clearly designed to intimidate witnesses in your upcoming trial”, attempting to persuade them to drop the case and not attend court. The court heard a statement written by his mother stating that he called her more than 40 times from prison, threatening to take his own life. She said: “The contact from Bradley was never-ending. I just want it to stop.”

Bradley Morey has been jailed (Image: Hampshire Constabulary)

Another victim said she was scared of going to court because she had lost loved ones to suicide before and was frightened by Morey’s threats and constant contact.

Morey had already been sentenced to 21 weeks’ imprisonment in May 2026 for assault, and restraining and non‑molestation orders were put in place to protect his former partner and another woman, prohibiting him from contacting them or going to his mother’s address.

But just two days after that sentence, on May 28, he went to an address in Farnborough, breaching a non‑molestation order issued in January. Then on June 1, he entered another home in Farnborough, in breach of the restraining order. One woman learned he was at her property while she was out shopping through footage from her Ring doorbell, which showed Morey at her home and vomiting in the garden.

The prosecution described his behaviour as having a “sophisticated or planned nature”, saying he “constantly contacted victims of assaults perpetrated by him” and showed “disobedience” of court orders.

Morey pleaded guilty at the first available opportunity and has been remanded in custody since. The court heard he has psychiatric and medical issues, including possible post‑traumatic stress disorder, and “deficits in his thinking skills”.

Winchester Crown Court (Image: Newsquest)

Defence counsel argued that he did not realise his calls to his mother were unwanted and said he had been “sexually molested in prison, had attempted suicide, had self-harmed” and was “not in the right frame of mind at the time and his mum was the only person he could speak to about it”.

They said he had been sleeping on the streets and in woods after release, that his former partner had agreed to send him money “as a friend”, and that when he went to his mother's address on June 1, it was to borrow a phone to contact probation, adding: “He didn’t mean his mother any harm.”

Passing sentence, the judge told Morey: “This was a deliberate, persistent course of conduct. You were trying to intimidate witnesses from your position in prison, where you were put in order to ensure you didn’t make contact. Given the history of violence towards them, they were highly likely to fear further violence from you.”

Morey received 12 months’ imprisonment for witness intimidation, five months for breaching the non‑molestation order and five months for breaching the restraining order. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively, making a total of 22 months.

The judge ordered that the non‑molestation and restraining orders remain in place, warning that any future breach could carry a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment.