Plumber ‘outed’ boss online over affair with wife

Ian Puddick, 41, blogged and posted videos online in a campaign of harassment which left “most of the country” aware of his wife’s 10-year relationship with insurance firm director Timothy Haynes, it was claimed.

The court was told how he bought a number of web names, including “Banksyunmasked”, in the build up for his website detailing the affair and set up a fake LinkedIn page to expose potential clients of Mr Haynes to lurid details about the insurance broker’s private life.

Puddick, from Enfield, north London, denies harassment.

Mr Haynes told City of Westminster magistrates yesterday both he and his wife needed counselling after the “embarrassment and shame” of neighbours and colleagues receiving texts and phone calls.

“I think most of the country – thanks to the internet – is aware I had an affair,” said Mr Haynes, who lost his job as a result of the relationship.

Mr Haynes, from Billingshurst, West Sussex, admitted he had been “deceitful” but said Puddick should have taken up his anger with him alone.

His affair with Leena Puddick, which gathered pace after they slept together at a Christmas party in 2002, was exposed after her husband read a text message on her mobile phone in 2009.

Among the numerous texts and messages sent to her, one found on her mobile phone said: “Where do you want to have sex next – in the office, al fresco, at the flat, or all three? You greedy girl.”

After the affair ended, he sent another message saying “giving you pleasure is a great feeling for me”, while another message detailed how Mrs Puddick was “reassuringly expensive” because of her taste in champagne.

Mr Haynes, who was investigated by his employer, Guy Carpenter, for his expenses claims, said he paid for the champagne out of his own pocket.

Mr Haynes had initially made a complaint after receiving text messages and phone calls but dropped charges in a bid to put the incident behind him. He complained again in 2010 after Puddick, from Enfield, north London, set up websites and detailed the affair on Twitter.

Mr Haynes added: “Every medium including Twitter was being utilised to create information about myself and the affair. The whole thing is causing my wife upset and distress.”

The hearing, due to last three days, was adjourned.