even confessed to following her around lessons at Bermuda College.

Markos Athauanusa Wold apologised for his behaviour and said he was taking medication for his "mental actions''.

He pleaded guilty to stalking his teenage former sweetheart and to intruding on her causing alarm and distress, between June and October this year.

Prosecuting, Cindy Clarke told the court that Wold had had a relationship with the woman for about 18 months while they were both students at CedarBridge Academy during 1996 and 1997.

She said the couple split up because of his behaviour, but he took it very hard.

And Ms Clarke said during that time, Wold was taken to the principal's office following a confrontation, but the incident was never reported to Police.

Wold left the school soon after, but his victim, who cannot be named, had two more years there before graduation.

The court heard they did not come into contact again until June of this year when Wold began to harass the 18-year-old. She was then in a relationship with another man.

Wold began to constantly call the teenager at home and at work, one time staying on hold for an hour after she refused to go to the phone.

But the harassment increased when he began to turn up at Bermuda College, where she studied.

The court was told the victim regularly saw Wold there and had to take different routes to avoid him.

At one point he was even in the student centre talking with her friends, and on another occasion she went into a class at college to find Wold watching her through the window.

She eventually reported the stalking to Police and Wold was arrested a couple of days later.

The defendant told Police his ex-girlfriend was "my moon, my stars and my light.'' He said he loved her and wanted to marry her, and that he was sure she felt the same.

He admitted to officers that he had attended the college for "personal reasons' and not to see his victim.

Yesterday, Wold told Magistrate Archie Warner that he felt bad about what he had done.

He said: "I'm sorry, your honour. Very, very sorry -- but it's not my fault.

"I'm receiving treatment for my mental actions. That involves taking medication and all that.'' The court heard how Wold had been ordered into the care of St. Brendan's Hospital as an in-patient earlier this year after admitting to stealing.

At that time, psychiatric reports were carried out, which suggested Wold needed treatment.

Yesterday, his mother was in court. She said she worked at the hospital and that her son was not allowed out without being accompanied or with permission from doctors.

Mr. Warner said he intended to continue Wold's stay at St. Brendan's, but procedure dictated he could not pass sentence until he had requested another report.

Wold is due back before the court next Wednesday for sentencing to be passed.